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INTRODUCTION 


JOHN  DRYDEN,  Poet  Laureate  and  His- 
toriographer Royal  to  King  Charles  II 
and  King  James  II,  will  ever  hold  high  rank 
among  the  great  names  in  Enghsh  Literature. 
Few  among  his  contemporaries  possessed  such 
versatilitY  of  intellect,  and  none,  except  Mil- 
ton, his  wonderful  powers  of  versification.  Of 
wide  learning  and  correct  literary  judgment, 
he  also  excelled  as  a  critic,  and  possessed  an 
excellent  prose  style.  Many  of  his  prefaces 
and  introductions  are  justly  admired  for  their 
strong,  vigorous  English.  His  example  did 
much  to  form  and  settle  the  prose  of  his  day 
and  pave  the  way  for  Steele  and  Addison  in 
the  "  Tatler  "  and  "  Spectator."  Dr.  Johnson 
does  not  hesitate  to  write,  "  What  was  said  of 
Rome,  adorned  by  Augustus,  may  be  applied 
by  an  easy  metaphor  to  English  poetry,  em- 
bellished   by    Dryden,    *  Lateritiam    invenit, 


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marmoream  reliquit  *  (he  found  it  brick  and 
he  left  it  marble)." 

A  distinguished  critic  of  the  present  day, 
Mr.  Edmund  Gosse,  in  his  "  Modem  English 
Literature,"  says:  "  Dryden's  exuberant  vi- 
vacity, his  solidity  of  judgment,  his  extraordi- 
nary command  of  all  the  artifices  of  poetry, 
pointed  him  out  as  a  leader  of  men,  and  should 
prepare  us  to  find  his  influence  the  dominant 
one  in  all  verse-writing  in  England  for  a  hun- 
dred years  after  his  death."  It  is  to  be  re- 
gretted that  many  of  his  plays  reflect  the  low 
standard  of  morals  which  unfortunately  was 
introduced  into  England  with  the  restoration  of 
the  monarchy.  The  fault,  however,  is  more  of 
the  time  than  of  the  man,  and  in  his  old  age  he 
virtually  admitted  the  justness  of  Jeremy  Col- 
lins' attack  on  the  immorahty  and  profane- 
ness  of  the  English  stage.  But  it  is  not  on  his 
plays  that  Dryden's  fame  as  a  poet  rests ;  it  is 
rather  on  his  achievement  as  a  writer  of  satire, 
in  which  he  so  far  excelled  as  to  merit  the 
distinction  of  being  called  "  the  greatest  satirist 
of  British  Poetry."  He  is,  moreover,  unrivaled 
as  a  reasoner  in  verse.  To  quote  Dr.  Johnson 
once  more,  "  Though  Davies  had  reasoned  in 
rhyme  before  him,  it  may  be  perhaps  maintained 
that  he  was  the  first  who  joined  argument  and 
poetry."  His  two  odes  for  St.  CeciHa's  Day, 
especially  the  second,  "  Alexander's  Feast,"  are 

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among  the  greatest  in  our  literature,  and  many 
of  his  lyrics  and  shorter  occasional  verses  are 
justly  celebrated  for  the  beauty  of  their 
language  and  harmonious  versification. 

No  bibliography  of  John  Dryden  has  ever 
been  attempted,  though  considerable  material 
exists  in  Sir  Walter  Scott's  editions  of  his 
works,  and  still  more  in  the  excellent  edition, 
in  one  volume,  edited  by  Mr.  W.  D.  Christie 
in  1870.  The  catalogue  of  the  present  ex- 
hibition of  the  works  of  John  Dryden  does 
not  profess  to  be  complete,  except  so  far  as  to 
record  the  first  editions  of  his  works  published 
during  his  lifetime,  and,  so  far  as  was  possible, 
the  volumes  by  other  authors  to  which  he  con- 
tributed. Of  his  original  volumes  of  poetry,  it 
is  believed  all  will  be  found  in  the  present  ex- 
hibition, except  the  poem, "  To  My  Lord  Chan- 
cellor," 1662.  This  the  committee  has  been 
unable  to  discover  in  the  remarkably  complete 
collections  belonging  to  members  of  the  Gro- 
lier  Club.  First  editions  of  two  of  his  plays 
are  also  missing,  "Secret  Love,"  1668,  and 
"  The  State  of  Innocence,"  1676.  To  these 
must  be  added  "  The  Secular  Masque,"  his 
last  work,  contributed  by  him  to  "The  Pil- 
grim," when  performed  for  his  benefit  shortly 
before  his  death.  The  more  important  of  his 
translations  will  be  found  in  the  exhibition, 
together  with  a  considerable  number  of  satires 

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and  attacks  upon  him  brought  out  in  answer 
to  his  pohtical  satires. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  Dryden  lived  at  a 
time  when  good  printing  was  almost  unknown 
in  England.  His  books  are  not  attractive  in 
appearance,  which  may  account  for  the  fact 
that  few  collectors  have  made  much  effort  to 
gather  together  complete  sets  of  first  editions. 

As  has  been  usual  in  similar  exhibitions,  the 
more  important  engraved  portraits  have  been 
included.  It  is  singular  that,  so  far  as  known, 
no  engraved  portrait  of  Dryden  was  pub- 
lished during  his  lifetime. 

The  committee  is  exceedingly  pleased  to  be 
permitted  to  exhibit  two  portraits  in  oil — both 
attributed  to  the  celebrated  court  painter,  Sir 
Godfrey  Kneller.  They  possess  very  great  in- 
terest^ and  will  no  doubt  be  an  attractive 
feature  in  this  commemoration  of  the  two 
hundredth  anniversary  of  the  death  of  "  Glori- 
ous John  Dryden." 


I.  (J^rifiinal  Wiom* 


Three  |  Poems  |  Upon  the  Death  of  his 
late  I  Highnesse  |  Oliver  |  Lord  Protec- 
tor I  Of  I  England,  Scotland,  and  |  Ire- 
land. I  Written  | 

(  M^  Edm.  Waller, 

By  <  M''  Jo.  Dryden,  London,     | 

(  M^  Sprat,  of  Oxford.        Printed  by 

William  Wilfon,  and  are   to   be  fold  in 

I  Well-yard  neer  Little  St.  Bartholomew's 

I  Hofpitall,  1659. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

One  leaf  without  signature;  B-F  2,  in  fours. 

B  I  to  C  I  (verso  blank)  are  occupied  by  Dryden's 
"  Heroique  Stanzas,  Confecrated  to  the  Glorious  Mem- 
ory of  his  moft  Serene  and  Renowned  Highnefle  Oliver 
Late  Lord  Protector    of   this  Common* Wealth,   &c. 


WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

Written  after  the  Celebration  of  his  Funerall."  This, 
Dryden's  third  poem  but  his  first  important  poetical 
production,  was  written  upon  the  death  of  Cromwell, 
September  3,  1658.  It  was  first  published  about  the 
beginning  of  1659,  either  in  the  present  form  or  sepa- 
rately (see  the  following  number).  W.  D.  Christie, 
the  editor  of  the  best  modern  edition  of  Dryden's  poeti- 
cal works  (London,  1870),  thinks  that  the  separate 
edition  was  the  later  of  the  two.  "  This  edition,"  he 
says,  "  was  probably  revised  by  Dryden  and  may  be 
presumed  to  be  later  than  the  other,  as  the  spelling  is 
more  modern.  There  is  no  difference  between  the  two, 
except  of  spelling  and  punctuation."  In  1682  the 
**  Three  Poems  "  edition  of  1659  was  reprinted,  with- 
out variation,  save  that  "  late  Usurper  "  was  substi- 
tuted in  the  title  for  "  late  Highnesse,"  etc.  This  re- 
print, which  was  inspired  by  one  of  Dryden's  political 
enemies,  was  followed  in  the  same  year  by  a  reprint  of 
the  separate  form  of  the  "  Heroique  Stanzas,"  with  this 
title : 

An  I  Elegy  |  On  The  |  Usurper  O.  C.  |  By  The  |  Au- 
thor I  Of  I  Absalom  and  Achitophel.  |  Publifhed  to 
fhew  the  Loyalty  and  Integrity  of  the  Poet.  |  Reprinted 
in  the  Year  MDCLXXXII. 

Another  reprint  of  the  separate  form,  the  title  again 
varying,  appeared  in  1687  (see  No.  4).  The  "  Three 
Poems  "  were  also  reprinted  in  1689  in  **  Poems  on 
Affairs  of  State  "  (see  No.  5). 

A  I  Poem  I  upon  the  |  Death  |  of  |  His 
Late  Highnefs,  |  Oliver,  |  Lord  Protector 
of  I  England,  Scotland,  &  Ireland  |  Writ- 
ten by  Mr.  Dryden,  |  London,  |  Printed 
for  William  Wilfon ;  and  are  to  be  fold 
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WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

in  I  Well- Yard,  near  Little  St.  Bartholo- 
mew's I  Hofpital,  1659. 

Quarto. 

A,  four  leaves;  B,  two  leaves. 

See  note  to  No.  I. 

3.  Three  |  Poems  |  Upon  the  Death  of  the 
Late  I  Usurper  |  Oliver  Cromv^el.  Writ- 
ten I 

SMr.  Jo.  Drydon. 
Mr.  Sprat,  of  Oxford.        London  :  | 
Mr.  Edm.  Waller.  Printed  by 

William  Wilfon,  in  the  Year,  1659.  And 
Reprinted  for  R.  Baldwin,  1682. 

Quarto.     Unauthorized  edition. 
A,  three  leaves ;  B — D,  in  fours. 

See  note  to  No.  i. 

4.  A  I  Poem  I  Upon  the  Death  of  the  Late 
I  Usurper,   |    Oliver  Cromwel.  |   By    the 

Author  of  The  H d  and  the  P r. 

I  London,  |  Printed  for  S.  H.,  and  to  be 
Sold  by  I  the  Bookfellers  of  London  and 
I  Weftminfter.      1687. 

Quarto.     Unauthorized  edition. 
A,  four  leaves. 

See  note  to  No.  i. 


WORKS    OF  JOHN    DRYDEN. 

5.  A  I  Collection  |  Of  |  Poems  |  On  |  Af- 
fairs of  State ;  |  Viz.  | 

Advice  to  a  Painter. 

Hodge's  Vifion. 

Britain  and  Raleigh. 

Statue  at  Stocks  —  M . 

Young  Statefman. 

To  the  K . 

Noftradamus  Prophecy. 

Sir  Edmondbury  Godfrey's  Ghoft. 

On  the  King's  Voyage  to  Chattam. 

Poems  on  OHver,  by  Mr.  Driden,  Mr. 
Sprat,  and  Mr.  Waller. 

By  I   A M 1    Efq. ;    and    other 

Eminent  Wits.  |  Moft  Whereof  never  be- 
fore Printed.  |  London,  |  Printed  in  the 
year,  MDCLXXXIX. 

Quarto.     First  Edition. 

A  and  B,  four  leaves  each;  D —  F2,  in  fours. 

A  "  Second  Part  of  the  Collection  of  Poems  on  Affairs 
of  State,"  London,  1689,  with  twenty-one  pieces,  ac- 
companies the  first  part  in  the  present  copy.     This 

"  Second  Part"  has  new  signatures  and  pagination 

A — D,  in  fours. 

6.  Aftraea  Redux.  |  A  |  Poem  |  On  the 
Happy  I  Reftoration  &  Return  |  Of  His 
Sacred   Majefty  |  Charles   the  Second.  | 

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WORKS   OF   JOHN   DRYDEN. 

By  John  Driden.  |  Jam  Redit  &  Virgo, 
Redeunt  Saturnia  Regna.  Virgil.  |  Lon- 
don, I  Printed  by  J.  M.  for  Henry  Her- 
ringman,  and  are  to  be  fold  at  |  his  Shop, 
at  the  Blew- Anchor,  in  the  lower  Walk 
of  the  New-  |  Exchange,  1660. 

Folio.     First  edition. 

One  leaf  without  signature;  B — D  in  twos. 

"  *  Astraea  Redux '  and  the  two  poems  which  follow 
["To  his  sacred  Majesty"  and  "To  my  Lord  Chan- 
cellor'*], addressed  to  King  Charles  II.  on  his  Corona- 
tion and  to  the  "Lord  Chancellor  Clarendon  on  New 
Year's  Day,  1662,  were  successively  published  in  folio 
by  Henry  Herringman.  Dryden's  name  is  printed 
*  Driden '  on  the  title  pages  of  two  of  them.  All  these 
poems  were  reprinted  in  1688  in  quarto,  with  a  new 
edition  of  'Annus  Mirabilis.'" — Christie, 

To  His  Sacred  |  Majesty,  |  A  |  Panegy- 
rick  I  On  His  |  Coronation.  |  By  John 
Dryden.  |  London,  |  Printed  for  Henry 
Herringman,  at  the  Anchor  on  the  Lower 
walk  in  the  |  New  Exchange.     1661. 

Folio.     First  edition. 

A  and  B,  two  leaves  each. 

To    I   My  Lord  |  Chancellor,  |  Prefented 

on   I    New- Years-day,  |   By   J.   Driden.  | 

London,  |  Printed  for  Henry  Herringman 

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WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

at  the  I  Anchor  in  the  Lower- walk  in  the 
New  I  Exchange.      1662. 

Folio.     First  edition. 
A,  four  leaves. 

Annus  Mirabilis :  |  The  Year  of  |  Won- 
ders, I  1666.  I  An  Historical  |  Poem:  | 
Containing  |  The  Progrefs  and  various 
Succeffes  of  our  Naval  |  War  with  Hol- 
land, under  the  Conduct  of  His  |  High- 
nefs,  Prince  Rupert,  and  His  Grace  the  | 
Duke  of  Albemarl.  |  And  defcribing  | 
The  Fire  |  Of  |  London.  |  By  John  Dry- 
den,  Efq ;  I  Multum  intereft  res  pofcat,  an 
homines  latius  imperare  velint.  |  Trajan. 
Imperator.  ad  Plin.  |  Urbs  antiqua  ruit, 
multos  dominataperannos.  Virg.  |  Lon- 
don, Printed  for  Henry  Herringman,  at 
the  An-  |  chor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  the 
New  Exchange.     1667. 

Octavo.     First  edition. 

A,  eight  leaves;  a,  four  leaves;  B — F  7,  in 

eights. 

From  May,  1665,  till  the  close  of  1666,  London 
was  made  desolate  by  the  plague  and  the  Great  Fire. 
The  theatres  were  closed,  and  Dryden  retired  to  Charl- 
ton, in  Wiltshire,  a  seat  of  Lord  Berkshire,  his  father- 

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WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

in-law.  There  he  wrote  the  "Annus  Mirabilis"  and 
the  "Essay  on  Dramatick  Poesy." 

"  *  Annus  Mirabilis  '  added  considerably  to  Dryden's 
fame.  It  was  the  longest  and  most  elaborate  poem  he 
had  yet  produced.  In  this  poem  he  returned  to  the 
quatrain  stanzas  which  he  had  used  in  his  poem  in 
praise  of  Cromwell,  and  to  the  ear  of  the  poetry-read- 
ing public  was  familiarized  by  the  *Gondibert*  of 
Davenant.  The  Dutch  War  and  the  deeds  of  the  Eng- 
lish navy  were  subjects  of  thrilling  interest  at  the  mo- 
ment ;  his  description  of  the  Fire  of  London  contains 
some  fine  poetry.  .  .  The  poem  was  reprinted  in  quarto 
in  1688,  with  several  changes  in  the  text,  which  are  al- 
most all  deteriorations  ;  and  the  text  of  1688  was  fol- 
lowed in  the  next  reprint  of  the  poem,  in  the  edition 
of  the  *  Miscellany  Poems'  of  1716.  In  subsequent 
editions  other  errors  have  been  added." —  Christie, 

Of  I  Dramatick  Poefie,  |  An  |  Essay.  |  By 

John   Dryden    Efq;  |  Fungar  vice 

cotis,  acutum  |  Reddere  quae  ferrum 
valet,  exors  ipfa  fecandi.  |  Horat.  De 
Arte  Poet.  |  London,  |  Printed  for  Henry 
Herringman,  at  the  Sign  of  the  |  Anchor, 
on  the  Lower-walk  of  the  New-  |  Ex- 
change.     1668. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  —  K,  in  fours. 

"  His  *  Dramatic  Poesy*  led  to  a  controversy  with 
Dryden's  brother-in-law,  Sir  Robert  Howard.  The 
subject  of  dispute  was  the  comparative  merit  of  rhyme 
and  blank  verse  in  tragedies.     Howard,  though  he  had 

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WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

written  rhymed  heroic  plays,  tartly  criticised  Dryden's 
doctrine  in  the  Preface  to  his  play  of  *  The  Duke  of 
Lerma,'  1668;  and  Dryden  sharply  rejoined  in  *  A  De- 
fence of  the  Essay  of  Dramatic  Poesy,'  prefixed  to  a 
second  edition  of*  The  Indian  Emperor,'  [1668].  The 
quarrel  .  .  .  has  probably  been  much  exaggerated. 
There  is  incontrovertible  proof  in  Dryden's  letters  of 
the  last  years  of  his  life  that  he  and  Howard  were  on 
terms  of  intimacy  and  affection." —  Christie. 

II.  Absalom  |  And  |  Achitophel.  |  A  |  Poem. 
—  Si  Propius  ftes  |  Te  Capiet  Magis  — 
I  London,  |  Printed  for  J.  T.  and  are  to 
be  Sold  by  W.  Davis  in  |  Amen-  Corner, 
1681. 

Folio.     First  Edition. 

Two  leaves  without  signature,  B — I,  in  twos. 

The  success  of  this  poetic  attack  on  Shaftesbury  was 
unprecedented,  and,  as  Leslie  Stephen  has  said,  it  is 
still  the  first  satire  in  the  English  language  for  mascu- 
line insight  and  for  vigor  of  expression.  It  was  ans  wered 
in  a  parody  called  "  Towser  the  Second,"  said  to  be  by 
Henry  Clare,  while  the  Duke  of  Buckingham  retorted 
in  "  Poetical  Reflections,"  Samuel  Pordage  in  "  Azaria 
and  Hushai"  (see  No.  108),  and  Elkanah  Settle  in 
"Absalom  Senior,  or  Achitophel  Transposed." 

"  The  first  edition  was  in  folio,  published  by  Jacob 
Tonson  [about  November  17,  1681,  according  to  a  note 
in  Narcissus  Luttrell's  copy].  A  second  edition  ap- 
peared before  the  end  of  December.  This  second  edi- 
tion contained,  with  several  minor  changes,  two  notable 
additions,  one  in  the  description  of  Shaftesbury  (lines 

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180-191),  giving  him  praise  as  a  judge,  and  the  other  in 
the  King's  Speech  (lines  957-960),  expressing  a  desire 
that  Monmouth  would  repent  and  open  the  way  for 
pardon.  Seven  more  editions  were  published  during 
Shaftesbury's  lifetime.  ...  It  has  been  stated  by 
Tonson  that  the  poem  was  undertaken  in  1680,  at  the 
request  of  the  King." — Christie. 


12.  Another  copy  of  the  same  edition,  in 
which  a  contemporary  reader  has  added 
in  manuscript,  on  page  7,  the  Hnes  Dryden 
inserted  in  the  second  edition.  Before 
the  title-page  is  inserted  a  leaf  in  the  same 
handwriting,  containing  the  complimen- 
tary addresses  by  Lee  and  Duke,  first 
published  in  the  second  edition  of  the 
poem. 

13.  The  Medall,  |  A  Satyre  |  Against  |  Se- 
dition. I  By  the  Authour  of  Abfalom  and 
Achitophel  |  Per  Graium  populos,  medi- 
aeque  per  Elidus  Urbem  |  Ibat  ovans;  Di- 
vumque  fibi  pofcebat  Honores.  |  Lon- 
don, I  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon  at  the 
Judge's  Head  in  |  Chancery  -  lane,  near 
Fleet-  ftreet.      1682. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  four  leaves ;  a,  two  leaves;  B — D  2,  in  fours. 

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WORKS    OF   JOHN   DRYDEN. 

"  The  rejection  by  the  London  grand  jury,  on  Novem- 
ber 24,  1 68 1,  of  the  bill  of  high  treason  presented 
against  Lord  Shaftesbury  was  celebrated  by  a  medal, 
having  on  one  side  a  portrait  of  Shaftesbury  and  on 
the  other  a  sketch  of  London.  Dryden's  satire  on  it 
was  published  in  the  beginning  of  March,  1682,  within 
four  months  after  the  first  publication  of  'Absalom 
and  Achitophel.'  A  second  edition  appeared  in  1683, 
and  a  third  was  published  in  1692.  Like  '  Absalom 
and  Achitophel,'  it  was  published  anonymously,  and  Dry- 
den's name  did  not  appear  on  the  title-page  of  any 
edition  of  either  poem  in  his  lifetime."  —  Christie. 

Dryden's  satire  called  forth  several  answers,  among 
which  are  "Satire  to  his  Muse  "  (see  No.  no),  and 
the  "Medal  of  John  Bayes,"  by  Thomas  Shadwell 
(see  No.  109).  ShadwelFs  attack  was  answered  by 
Dryden  in  "  Mac  Flecknoe."  Pope  used  "  The  Medal " 
as  model  when  he  wrote  his  "  Dunciad." 

14.    Mac  Flecknoe,  |  OrA  |  Satyr  |  Upon  the 
I  True — Blew — Protestant  |  Poet,  T.  S.  | 
By  the  Author  of  |  Absalom  &  Achitophel 
I  London,  |  Printed  for  D.  Green,  1682. 
Quarto.     First  edition. 
A,  four  leaves;  B,  three  leaves. 

"  *  Mac  Flecknoe  '  was  published  in  October,  1682. 
It  was  published  anonymously,  but  Dryden  spoke  of 
the  poem  as  his  own  in  his  *  Essay  on  Satire,'  1692,  and 
*  Mac  Flecknoe '  is  printed  at  the  beginning  of  the 
volume  of  Miscellanies  edited  by  Dryden  in  1684.  The 
publication  in  this  volume  was  the  second  edition  of  the 
poem;  a  third  edition,  a  reprint  of  that  of  1684,  ap- 
peared in  1692.  The  first  edition  contained  many 
misprints  ....  The  text,  as  altered  in  1684,  is  Dry- 
den's authorized  text."  —  Christie. 

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By  Mac  Flecknoe  Dryden  meant  "poetical  son  of 
Flecknoe  "  —  Richard  Flecknoe,  a  dull  poet,  then  de- 
ceased, and  of  use,  therefore,  for  the  purpose  of  satire. 
There  is  no  evidence  that  Flecknoe  ever  offended  Dry- 
den. His  "  Epigrams,"  1670  (see  No.  103),  contain 
some  lines  addressed  to  Dryden  of  a  most  complimen- 
tary character. 

The  I  Second  |  Part  |  of  |  Absalom  | 
and  I  Achitophel.  |  A  |  Poem.  |  — Si 
Quis  tamen  Haec  quoque,  Si  Quis  |  Cap- 
tus  Amore  Leget —  |  London:  [Printed 
for  Jacob  Tonfon,  at  the  Judges  Head  in  | 
Chancery-Lane,  near  Fleet-Street.    1682. 

Folio.     First  edition. 

One  leaf  without  signature.     B  —  Ki,  in  twos. 

There  were  two  issues  of  the  above  work  this  year, 
so  similar  in  all  respects  as  to  be  easily  confounded 
with  each  other  except  on  a  close  examination.  The 
easiest  method  of  identification  is  on  the  title  where  the 
word  "  Fleet-Street "  in  the  imprint  as  given  above  is 
printed  "  Fleetstreet "  in  the  other  issue;  changes  in 
certain  letters  of  the  text  of  the  work,  especially  in  the 
use  of  the  double  "V"  for  the  "W,''  indicate  that  it 
was  partially  if  not  wholly  reprinted.  There  is  no  evi- 
dence as  to  which  is  the  earlier  of  the  two  issues. 

The  larger  part  of  this  poem  was  written  by  Tate, 
Dryden  contributing  about  two  hundred  lines  begin- 
ning on  p.  ID,  "  Next  these  a  Troop  of  buify  Spirits 
prefs  "  and  ending  on  p.  16,  "To  talk  like  Doeg,  and 
to  Write  like  Thee."  It  was  published  in  October, 
1682,  and  marks  the  closing  on  Dryden's  part  of  the 
controversy  with  Shadwell,  Settle  and  others. 

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1 6.  Religio  Laici  |  Or  A  |  Laymans  Faith.  | 
A  I  Poem.  I  Written  by  Mr.  Dryden.  | 
Ornari  res  ipfa  negat ;  contenta  doceri.  | 
London,  |  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon  at 
the  Judge's  Head  in  |  Chancery-lane, 
near  Fleet-ftreet.      1682. 

Quarto.     First  Edition. 

One  leaf,  without  signature;  a,  three  leaves; 

b  and  (c),  two  leaves  each,  B  —  E2,  in  fours. 

"A  mistake  has  arisen  about  the  person  to  whom 
this  poem  was  addressed.  Derrick  has  said  it  was 
Richard  Hampden.  It  was  a  young  gentleman  of  the 
name  of  Henry  Dickinson.  The  poem  was  quickly  re- 
printed in  1682,  and  a  third  edition  appeared  in  1683; 
and  the  poem  was  not  again  reprinted  till  it  appeared 
in  Tonson's  folio  edition  of  Dryden's  poems,  1701.'* 

Christie, 

17.  The  I  Vindication:  |  Or  The  |  Parallel  | 
Of  The  I  French  Holy-League,  |  And 
The  I  Englifh  League  and  Covenant,  | 
Turned  into  a  Seditious  Libell  againft  the  | 
King  and  his  Royal  Highness,  |  By  | 
Thomas  Hunt  and  the  Authors  of  the  Re- 
flections upon  I  the  Pretended  Parallel  in 
the  Play  called  |  The  Duke  of  Guise.  I 
Written  by  Mr.  Dryden.  |  Turno  tempus 
erit  magno  cum,  optaverit  emptum  |  In- 

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tacum  Pallanta :  8i  cum  fpolia  ifta,  diemg ;  | 
Oderit —  |  London,  |  Printed  for  Jacob 
Tonfon  at  the  Judges  Head  in  Chancery- 
Lane,  I  near  Fleetftreet,  MDCLXXXIIL 

Quarto.     First  Edition. 

Two  leaves,  without  signature,  the  first  blank ; 

A  —  H  2,  in  fours. 

Dryden,  in  co-operation  with  Nathaniel  Lee,  had  writ- 
ten a  play  called  "  The  Duke  of  Guise,"  which  gave  rise 
to  the  story  that  he  had  intended  a  parallel  to  the  con- 
test of  the  court  against  Shaftesbury  and  Monmouth. 
The  present  work  is  in  answer  to  that  charge. 

Threnodia  Avgustalis:  A  |  Funeral- 
Pindarique  |  Poem  |  Sacred  to  the  Happy- 
Memory  I  Of  I  King  Charles  H.  |  By 
John  Dryden,  |  Servant  to  His  late  Maj- 
esty, and  to  the  |  Prefent  King.  |  Fortu- 
nati  Ambo,  fi  quid  mea  Carmina  poffunt, 
I  Nulla  dies  unquam  memori  vos  eximet 
aevo  !  |  London,  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon, 
at  the  Judge's  Head  |  in  Chancery -lane, 
near  Fleet-ftreet,  1685. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A — D2,  in  fours. 

'*  Charles  II.  died  on  February  6,  1685.  This  poem 
was  published  about  a  month  later.  ...  A  second 
edition  appeared  in  1685.     I'here  were  some  changes 

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of  the  text,  which  are  mostly  improvements.  .  .  .  The 
poem  was  next  reprinted  in  the  folio  volume  of  Dry- 
den's  poems,  1 701." — Christie. 


19.  The  I  Hind  |  and  the  |  Panther.  |  A  | 
Poem,  I  In  Three  Parts.  |  — Antiquam 
exquirite  matrem.  |  Et  vera,  inceffu,  patuit 
Dea.  —  Virg.  |  London,  |  Printed  for  Ja- 
cob Tonfon,  at  the  Judges  Head  in  | 
Chancery  Lane  near  Fleetftreet,  1687. 

Quarto.    First  Edition. 

Four  leaves    without    signatures ;    B  —  S,   in 

fours ;  T,  five  leaves. 

James  II  succeeded  to  the  throne  February  6,  1665, 
and  within  a  year  after  his  accession  Dryden  became  a 
Roman  Catholic.  Then  he  wrote  "  The  Hind  and  the 
Panther,"  a  defence  of  his  new  religion  in  verse.  It 
was  published  in  April,  1 68  7.  Charles  Montagu,  the 
future  Earl  of  Halifax,  and  Matthew  Prior,  replied  to 
it  in  a  parody  called  "The  Hind  and  the  Panther 
Transversed."     (See  No.  113). 

A  variation  of  the  above  issue  has  the  last  leaf  re- 
printed, containing  at  the  bottom  of  the  recto  an  errata 
of  a  little  over  two  Hnes  and  on  the  verso  a  list  of 
"  Books  printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon  at  the  Judges  Head 
in  Chancery-Lane,  near  Fleet-flreet."  Some  copies  of 
this  latter  issue  have  inserted  a  slip  of  errata  occupying 
four  lines,  which  was  intended  to  be  pasted  over  the 
list  as  originally  printed.  The  corrections  of  the  first 
list  are  included  in  the  second. 

In  both  variations  the  leaves  (with  the  exception  of 

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the  last)  are  identical,  and  the  errors  contained  in  the 
first  are  uncorrected,  although  it  has  no  errata.  At  least 
three  editions  were  published  during  the  year  1687. 

Another  copy  of  the  same  edition,  with- 
out the  errata  on  the  recto  of  the  last  leaf 
or  the  advertisement  on  the  verso. 


Another  copy  of  the  same  edition,  with 
the  last  leaf  reprinted  and  containing 
three  lines  of  errata  on  the  recto  of  the 
last  leaf  and  advertisement  of  books  for 
sale  on  the  verso.  This  copy  also  con- 
tains a  corrected  slip  of  errata  which  was 
intended  to  be  pasted  over  the  one  origi- 
nally printed. 

Britannia  Rediviva:  |  A  |  Poem  |  On 
the  I  Birth  |  of  the  |  Prince.  |  Written  by 
Mr.  Dryden.  |  Dii  Patrii  Indigetes,  & 
Romule,  Veftaque  Mater,  |  Quae  Tufcum 
Tiberim,  &  Romana  Palatia  fervas,  | 
Hunc  faltem  everfo  Puerum  fuccurrere 
faeclo  I  Ne  prohibite :  fatis  jampridem 
fanguine  noftro  |  Laomedonteae  luimus 
Perjuria  Trojae  |  Virg.  Georg.  i.  |  Lon- 
don, I  Printed  for  J.  Tonfon,  at  the 
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Judges-Head  in  Chancery-  |  Lane,  near 
Fleet- ftreet      1688. 

Quarto. 

A —  C3,  in  fours. 

On  the  verso  of  the  title  is:  "June  the  19th,  1688. 
Let  this  be  printed.  Middleton."  The  birth  of  a  son 
to  James  II  on  June  10,  1688,  and  on  Trinity  Sunday, 
is  celebrated  in  this  poem. 

23.  Another  issue  of  the  same  edition,  with 
the  same  title,  but  printed  in  folio  and 
consisting  of  one  leaf  without  signature ; 
B  —  Ei  in  twos. 

Of  the  two  editions  of  this  poem,  this 
and  the  one  last  described,  there  is  nothing 
to  distinguish  which  is  the  earlier.  This, 
in  foHo,  and  the  edition  published  at 
*' Holy-Rood-House"  described  in  the 
following  number,  seem  to  have  escaped 
the  notice  of  bibliographers. 

24.  Another  issue  of  the  same  edition,  the 
title  reading  the  same  down  to  the  im- 
print, which  is  as  follows :  "  Holy- Rood- 
House,  I  Re-printed  by  Mr.  P.  B.  Engi- 
nier.  Printer  to  the  Kng*s  |   Moft  Excel- 

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lent  Majefty,  for  His  Houlhold,  Chap- 
pel  I  and  Colledge.      1688. 

Quarto. 

A  and  B,  two  leaves  each. 

On  the  verso  of  title  is  :  "June  19,  1688.  Let  this 
be  Printed.     Middleton." 

Annus  Mirabilis.  |  The  Year  of  |  Won- 
ders, I  M.  DC.  LXVL  I  An  |  Hiftorical 
Poem.  I  Also  |  A  Poem  on  the  Happy 
Restoration  and  Return  of  |  His  Late 
Sacred  Majesty  |  Charles  the  Second.  | 
Likewise  |  A  Panegyrick  on  His  Corona- 
tion. I  Together  |  With  a  Poem  to  My 
Lord  Chancellor  |  Prefented  on  New- 
Years-Day.  1662.  I  By  John  Dryden, 
Efq;  I  London,  Printed  for  Henry  Her- 
ringman,  and  fold  by  |  Jacob  Tonfon 
at  the  Judges-Head  in  Chancery-Lane. 
1688. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,   four  leaves;    ^*^,  four  leaves;    ttt,   two 

leaves ;  B  —  Q  2,  in  fours. 

This  is  the  first  collected  edition  of  Dryden's  poems. 
His  early  poem  on  the  death  of  Cromwell  is  omitted 
for  reasons  readily  understood.     It  is  probable  that  the 

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four  poems  included  in  this  volume  were  out  of  print 
when  it  was  determined  to  reissue  them  in  the  present 
form.  In  order  to  make  it  a  complete  edition  of  Dry- 
den's  poems,  unsold  copies  of  his  other  productions 
were  often  bound  up  with  the  present  collection,  such  as 
"Absalom  and  Achitophel,"  4th  edition,  1682;  "Thre- 
nodia  Augustalis,"  2d  edition,  1685;  "The  Hind  and 
the  Panther,"  3d  edition,  1687. 

26.  The  I  Address  |  Of  |  John  Dryden,  | 
Laureat  |  To  |  His  Highness  |  The  | 
Prince  of  Orange,  |  London,  |  Printed, 
and  are  to  be  Sold  by  Randal  Taylor,  | 
near  Stationers-Hall.      1689. 

Folio.     First  edition. 

A  and  B,  two  leaves  each. 

27.  Eleonora:  |  A  Panegyrical  |  Poem:  | 
Dedicated  to  the  |  Memory  |  Of  the  Late 
I  Countess  |  Of  Abingdon.  |  Written  by 
Mr.  Dryden.  |  — Superas  evadere  ad 
auras,  |  Hoc  opus,  hie  labor  eft.  Pauci, 
quos  aequus  amavit  |  Juppiter,  aut  ar- 
denas  evexit  ad  aethera  virtus;  |  Diis 
geniti  potuere.  Virgil  ^neid.  L  6.  | 
London :  |  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon,  at 
the  Judges  Head  in  Chancery-|  Lane, 
near  Fleetftreet.  1692.  |  Where  com- 
pleat  Sets  of  Mr.   Dryden's  Works   are 

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^  Quarto.     First  edition. 

t,  four  leaves ;  A  —  C,  in  fours. 


WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

Sold :  The  Plays  being  put  |  in  the  order 
they  were  Written. 


"  Eleonora,  Countess  of  Abingdon,  daughter  of  Sir 
Henry  Lee,  baronet,  of  Ditchley,  in  Oxfordshire,  died 
May  31,  1 691,  in  her  thirty-third  year.  Her  death  was 
very  sudden;  it  happened  in  the  ball-room  of  her 
house.  This  poem  was  a  task  undertaken  by  Dryden 
for  a  handsome  pecuniary  reward.  He  says  in  the 
prefatory  address  to  Lord  Abingdon  that  he  had  never 
seen  the  lady,  and  was  not  acquainted  with  him.  Un- 
der these  circumstances,  it  is  not  strange  that  the  poem 
wants  vigor  and  animation ;  it  is,  perhaps,  the  least 
successful  of  Dryden's  poems." —  Christie, 

Alexander's  Feaft ;  |  Or  The  |  Power  | 
Of  I  Musique.  |  An  |  Ode,  |  In  Honour 
of  I  St.  Cecilia's  Day.  |  By  Mr.  Dryden.  | 
London,  |  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon  at 
the  Judge's  Head  near  the  |  Inner-Tem- 
ple-Gate, in  Fleetflreet.     1697. 

Folio.     First  edition. 

One  leaf  without  signature;    B  and  C,  two 

leaves  each. 

"  Very  soon  after  the  publication  of  the  translation  of 
Virgil,  Dryden  was  requested  to  furnish  an  Ode  for  the 
festival  of  St.  Cecilia  of  1697.  He  complied  with  the 
request,  and  this  great  Ode  was  the  result.  He  is  said 
to  have  been  paid  forty  pounds  for  it." —  Christie, 

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29.  Fables  |  Ancient  and  Modern ;  |  Tranfla- 
ted  into  Verse,  |  From  |  Homer,  Ovid,  | 
Boccace,  &  Chaucer :  |  with  |  Original 
Poems.  I  By  Mr.  Dryden.  |  Nunc  ultro 
ad  Cineres  ipfius  &  offa  parentis  |  (Haud 
equidem  fine  mente,  reor,  fine  numine 
divum)  I  Adfiimus.  Virg.  JEn.  lib.  5.  | 
London :  |  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon, 
within  Gray*s  Inn  Gate  next  |  Gray's 
Inn  Lane.     MDCC. 

Folio.     First  edition. 

Two  leaves  without  signature;  B  and  C,  two 
leaves  each;  *A — *  D,  in  twos;  one  leaf 
without  signature;  A,  four  leaves;  a,  two 
leaves;  B  —  L,  and  Aa — Mm,  in  fours;  Aaa 
—  Zzz,  in  fours ;  Aaaa  and  Bbbb,  four  leaves 
each;  Cccc,  two  leaves;  Dddd  —  Nnnn,  in 
fours ;  Oooo,  two  leaves. 

"  Dryden's  imitations,  or,  as  he  himself  calls  them, 
translations  of  Chaucer  and  Boccacio,  were  made  in 
1698  and  1699,  and  published  in  March,  1700.  The 
original  poems  in  this  volume  were  the  Epistle  to  his 
cousin,  John  Driden,  *  Alexander's  Feast,'  and  the 
Epitaph  on  Mrs.  Mary  Frampton.  It  is  known  that 
the  price  paid  to  Dryden  by  Ton  son  in  all  for  this  folio 
volume  was  £300:  two  hundred  and  fifty  guineas  were 
paid  at  the  time  of  the  contract,  March,  1699,  and  the 
remainder,  due  on  the  printing  of  a  second  edition, 
was  paid  in  June,  1713,  for  the  benefit  of  Dryden's 
widow,  then  out  of  her  mind,  to  Lady  Sylvius,  her 
niece.  Additional  profit  accrued  to  Dryden  from  pres- 
ents from  his  cousin  in  return  for  the  Epistle,  and  from 
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the  Duke  and  Duchess  of  Ormond  in  return  for  the 
dedication  of  the  volume  to  the  former  and  the  beauti- 
ful address  to  the  latter  prefixed  to  *  Palamon  and 
Arcite.*  Dryden's  tales  from  Chaucer  and  Boccacio 
have  been,  perhaps,  the  most  popular  of  his  w^ritings ; 
and  there  have  been  innumerable  editions.  His  power 
of  versification  is  seen  in  perfection  in  these  composi- 
tions of  his  latest  years." —  Christie, 

The  I  Fables  |  Of  |  John  Dryden,  | 
Ornamented  With  |  Engravings  |  From 
The  Pencil  Of  |  The  Right  Hon.  |  Lady 
Diana  Beauclerc.  |  London.  |  Printed  by 
T.  Bensley,  |  For  J.  Edwards,  N*^  ^^, 
And  E.  Harding,  N«  98,  Pall  Mall.  | 
MDCCXCVn. 

Folio. 

The  I  Works  |  Of  |  John  Dryden,  |  Now 
First  Collected  |  In  Eighteen  Volumes.  | 
Illustrated  |  With  Notes,  |  Historical, 
Critical,  and  Explanatory,  |  And  |  A  Life 
Of  The  Author,  |  By  |  Walter  Scott, 
Esq.  I  Vol.  I.  [Vols.  II.-XVIII].  |  Lon- 
don :  I  Printed  For  William  Miller,  Albe- 
marble  Street,  |  By  James  Ballantyne 
and  Co.  Edinburgh.  |  1808. 

Octavo.     Edited  by  Sir  Walter  Scott. 
On  Large  Paper. 

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32.  The  I  Poetical  Works  Of  |  John  Dryden  | 
Volume  I  [Volumes  II-IV]  [motto] 
London  |  William  Pickering  |  1843. 
The  I  Poetical  Works  Of  |  John  Dryden  | 
Volume  V  |  [motto]  London  |  William 
Pickering  |  1844. 

Duodecimo.     Portrait  in  Volume  V. 

Issued  in  the  Aldine  Edition  of  the  British  Poets. 

33.  The  Globe  Edition  |  The  Poetical  Works  | 
of  I  John  Dryden  |  edited  with  a  memoir, 
revised  text,  and  notes  |  By  |  W.  D. 
Christie,  M.  A.  |  Of  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge  |  [portrait]  London:  |  Mac- 
millan  and  Co.  |  1870. 

1 2  mo. 

William  Dougal  Christie,  (1816-1874)  diplomatist 
and  man  of  letters,  who  gave  much  of  his  time  to  the 
history  and  literature  of  the  Seventeenth  Century,  is 
now  best  known  for  his  biography  of  Shaftesbury  and 
the  present  edition  of  Dryden's  poems.  Though  he 
excluded  the  plays  and  translations  from  Roman  and 
Greek  poets,  he  collected  in  this  volume  all  of  Dry- 
den's prologues  and  epilogues  and  his  versions  from 
Chaucer  and  Boccaccio,  in  addition  to  the  poems,  his- 
torical, political,  controversial,  and  occasional.  He  is 
Dryden's  best  editor. 

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The  I  Works  |  of  |  John  Dryden  |  illus- 
trated I  With  Notes,  |  Historical,  Critical, 
And  Explanatory,  |  and  |  A  Life  Of  The 
Author,  I  by  |  Sir  Walter  Scott,  Bart.  | 
Revised  And  Corrected  |  by  |  George 
Saintsbury.  |  Vol.  i.  [vols.  II.-XVIII  | 
Edinburgh :  |  Printed  for  William  Pater- 
son,  Princes  Street,  |  By  T.  And  A.  Con- 
stable, Printers  To  Her  Majesty.  |  1882. 

Octavo. 

This  revised  and  most  carefully  edited  re-issue  of 
Scott's  edition  of  Dryden's  works  was  published  in 
1882-93.  The  copy  shown  is  one  of  lOO  copies  on 
Large  Paper. 


II.  l^lan. 


The  I  Rival  |  Ladies.  |  a  |  Tragi- Com- 
edy. I  As  it  was  Acted  at  the  Theater-  | 
Royal.  I  Nos  haec  Novimus  effe  ni- 
hil I  [device].  London,  |  Printed  by  W. 
W.  for  Henry  Herringman,  and  are  to  | 
be  Sold  at  his  Shop  in  the  Lower- walk  in 
the  New-  |  Exchange.  1664. 
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Quarto.     First  Edition. 

A,  four  leaves;  a,  two  leaves;    B  —  K   2,  in 

fours. 

This  wasDryden's  second  play.  It  was  acted  during 
the  winter  of  1663-64  and  was  well  received.  In  the 
dedication  Dryden  defended  his  use  of  rhymed  verse  in 
the  play.  Sir  Robert  Howard,  his  brother-in-law,  soon 
replied  to  him,  and  thus  began  the  controversy  that 
produced  Dryden's  "  Essay  of  Dramatic  Poetry." 

36.  The  I  Indian-Queen,  |  A  |  Tragedy.  | 
[motto]  London,  |  Printed  for  H.  Her- 
ringman,  at  the  Blew-Anchor  |  in  the 
Lower  Walk  of  the  New-Exchange  | 
1665. 

Folio.     First  Edition. 

This  tragedy,  in  the  writing  of  which  Dryden  assisted 
Sir  Robert  Howard,  is  the  third  play  in  the  volume  en- 
titled "  Four  New  Plays  .  .  .  Written  by  the  Honour- 
able Sir  Robert  Howard,"  London,  1665.  It  occupies 
pages  137-176  and  the  collation  is  as  follows  :  T  — Z,  in 
fours.   "  The  Indian  Queen  "  was  first  acted  in  1664. 

37.  The  I  Indian  Emperour,  |  Or,  |  The  Con- 
quest Of  I  Mexico  I  By  the  |  Spaniards.  | 
Being  the  Sequel  of  the  Indian  Queen.  | 
By  John  Dryden,  Efq;  |  Dum  relego 
fcripiiffe  pudet,  quia  plurima  cerno  |  Me 
quoque,  qui  feci,  judice,dignaHni.   Ovid.  | 

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London,  |  Printed  by  J.  M.  for  H.  Her- 
ringman  at  the  Sign  of  the  Blew  Anchor 
I  in  the  Lower  walk  of  the  New  Ex- 
change.     1667. 

Quarto.     First  Edition. 
A  —  K  3,  in  fours. 

"  The  Indian  Emperor  "  was  produced  at  the  Theatre 
Royal  in  the  early  part  of  1 665  with  great  success. 
Howard's  '*  Indian  Queen  "  had  dealt  with  the  subject 
of  Montezuma  acquiring  the  throne  of  Mexico.  Dry- 
den  pictured  in  "  The  Indian  Emperor  "  the  conquest 
of  Mexico  and  dethronement  of  Montezuma  by  the 
Spaniards,  and  the  fine  scenery  and  dresses  of  "The 
Indian  Queen  "  reappeared.  In  the  Prologue  Dryden 
said: 
"  The  scenes  are  old,  the  habits  are  the  same 
We  wore  last  year,  before  the  Spaniards  came.'* 

S^  Martin  Mar-all,  |  Or  The  |  Feigned  In- 
nocence:  |  A  |  Comedy.  |  As  it  was 
Acted  at  |  His  Highnesse  the  Duke  of 
York's  Theatre,  [device]  London,  |  Printed 
for  H.  Herringman,  at  the  Sign  of  the 
Blew  Anchor  in  the  |  Lower  Walk  of  the 
New  Exchange.     1668. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

Two    leaves    without    signature;    B  —  K,  in 

fours. 

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Adapted  from  Moliere's  *'  Etourdi,"  and  owing  much 
to  Quinault's  "Amant  Indiscret,"  Fare's  **  Francion," 
and  Marmion's  "Antiquary."  It  was  first  produced 
August  1 6,  1667,  and  seems  to  have  been  originally 
called  "  The  Feigned  Innocence ;  or,  Sir  Martin  Mar- 
all." 

39.  The  I  Wild  Gallant:  |  A  |  Comedy.  |  As 
if  was  Acted  at  the  |  Theatre- Royal,  |  By 
His  I  Majesties  |  Servants.  |  Written  By 
John  Dryden,  Esq;  |  In  the  Savoy.  | 
Printed  by  Tho.  Newcomb,  for  H.  Her- 
ringman,  at  the  |  Blew- Anchor,  in  the 
Lower- Walk  of  the  |  New  Exchange. 
1669. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  —  K,  in  fours. 

This  play,  Dryden 's  first  dramatic  attempt,  was 
brought  out  in  February,  1663,  by  the  Kings  Com- 
pany, who  were  then  acting  in  Vere  Street,  Lincoln's 
Inn  Fields.  It  had  no  success,  though  when  revived 
in  March,  1667,  when  its  author  was  better  known,  it 
was  very  well  received.  In  the  Preface  Dryden  says  : 
"  It  was  the  first  attempt  I  made  in  Dramatique  Poetry 
.  .  .  .  The  Plot  was  not  Originally  my  own  :  but 
so  alter'd,  by  me  .  .  .  .  that,  whoever  the  Author 
was,  he  could  not  have  challenged  a  Scene  of  it."  The 
comedy  was  much  altered  when  revived,  and  had  a 
new  Prologue  and  Epilogue, 

40.  The  I  Tempest,  |  Or  The  |  Enchanted 
Ifland.    I    A   |   Comedy.   |   As  it  is  now 

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Acted  at  his  Highnefs  the  Duke  of 
York's  I  Theatre.  |  London,  |  Printed  by 
J.  M.  for  Henry  Herringman  at  the 
Blew  I  Anchor  in  the  Lower- walk  of  the 
New-Exchange.  |  MDCLXX. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A —  M2,  in  fours. 

First  produced  November  7,  1667.  The  plan  of  this 
alteration  of  Shakespeare's  play  appears  to  have  been 
Sir  William  Davenant's,  while  the  writing  was  largely 
Dryden's.  From  the  Prologue,  with  its  noble  tribute 
to  Shakespeare's  genius,  we  take  the  familiar  lines : 
"  But  Shakespeare's  Magick  could  not  copy'd  be, 
Within  that  Circle  none  durft  walk  but  he." 


Tyrannick  Love,  |  Or  The  |  Royal 
Martyr.  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As  it  is  Acted 
by  his  Majefties  Servants,  at  the  |  Theatre 
Royal.  I  By  |  John  Dryden,  Servant  to 
his    I    Majesty.    |    Non  jam  prima  peto 

neq ;    vincere  certo ;    |    Extremum 

rediiffe    pudet. Virg.    |    London,    | 

Printed  for  H.  Herringman,  at  the  Sign 
of  the  Blew  Anchor  in  the  |  Lower  Walk 
of  the  New  Exchange.      1670. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  three  leaves;  a,  two  leaves;  B  —  K2,  in 

fours. 

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WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

"Tyrannic  Love"  was  produced  in  the  Spring  of 
1669.  In  the  Preface  Dryden  says  it  was  contrived  and 
written  in  seven  weeks. 


42.  An  I  Evening's  Love,  |  Or  The  |  Mock- 
Aftrologer.  |  Acted  at  the  Theatre- 
Royal  I  By  His  I  Majesties  Servants.  | 
Written  By  |  John  Dryden  |  Servant  to 
His  Majesty.  |  Mallem  Convivis  quam 
plaeuiffe  Cocis.  Mart.  |  In  the  Savoy,  | 
Printed  by  T.  N.  for  Henry  Herringman, 
and  are  |  to  be  fold  at  the  Anchor  in  the 
Lower  |  Walk  of  the  New  Exchange, 
1671. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  —  O2,  in  fours. 

Founded  on  "  Le  Feint  Astrologue,"  by  the  younger 
Corneille,  who  had  imitated  Calderon's  "  El  Astrologo 
Fingido."     First  produced  June  19,  1668. 

43.  The  Conqueft  |  of  |  Granada  |  By  the 
Spaniards  :  |  In  Two  Parts.  |  Acted  at  the 
Theater- Roy  all.  |  Written  by  John  Dry- 
den Servant  |  to  His  Majefty.  |  — Major 
rerum  milhi  nafcitur  Ordo ;  |  Majus  Opus 
moveo.  Virg :  iEneid  :  7.  |  In  the  Savoy,  | 
Printed  by  T.  N.  for  Henry  Herringman, 

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and  are  to  |  be  fold  at  the  Anchor  in  the 
Lower  Walk  |  of  the  New  Exchange. 
1672.  I  Almanzor  and  Almahide,  |  Or, 
The  I  Conquest  |  of  |  Granada.  |  The  Sec- 
ond Part.  I  As  it  is  acted  at  the  |  Theatre- 
Royal.  I  Written  by  John  Dryden  Ser- 
vant I  tohisMajefty.  | Stimulos  dedit 

aemula  virtus.  |  Lucan.  |  In  the  Savoy,  | 
Printed  by  T.  N.  for  Henry  Herringman, 
and  are  to  be  fold  at  the  Anchor  in  the 
Lower  Walk  |  of  the  New  Exchange. 
1672. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

*,  four  leaves;  a  and  b,  four  leaves  each;  A 
and  B,  four  leaves  each;  C  i,  followed  by  C 
2  and  3  apparently  reprinted  as  c  i  and  2,  and 
by  C  4;  D — I,  in  fours;  two  leaves  without 
signature ;    K —  Y,  in  fours. 

This  tragedy,  in  two  parts,  each  part  being  a  sep- 
arate play,  was  Dryden 's  contribution  to  the  King's 
Theatre  in  1669  and  1670,  Nell  Gwyn  having  a  promi- 
nent r61e  in  both  plays.  To  "  The  Conquest  of  Gra- 
nada" he  prefixed  an  essay  on  heroic  plays,  and  an- 
nexed to  the  publication  an  essay  on  the  dramatic  poets 
of  the  last  age,  being  a  defence  of  his  Epilogue  to  the 
Second  Part. 

44.   Marriage  |  A -la -Mode.  |  A  |  Comedy.  | 
As  it  is  Acted  at  the  |  Theatre  -  Royal.  | 

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WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

Written  by  John  Dryden,  Servant  |  to  His 

Majefty.  |  Quic  quid  fum  ego,  qua- 

mvis  I  Infra  Lucilli  censum  ingeniumque, 
tamen  me  |  Cum  magnis  vixiffe,  invita, 
fatebitur  ufque  |  Invidia,  &fragiliquaerens 
illidere  dentem  |  Offendet  folido.  |  Horat. 
Serm.  |  London,  |  Printed  by  T.  N.  for 
Henry  Herringman,  and  are  to  be  |  fold 
at  the  Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  of  |  the 
New  Exchange,  1673. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  four  leaves;  a,  two  leaves;  B — M  3,  in 

fours.     (A  2  is  misprinted  B  2.) 

First  played  in  1672.  The  Prologue  and  Epilogue 
were  printed  the  same  year  in  "  Covent  Garden  Drol- 
lery" (see  No.  71). 

45.  The  I  Assignation:  |  Or,  |  Love  in  a  Nun- 
nery. I  As  it  is  Acted,  |  At  the  Theatre- 
Royal.  I  Written  by  John  Dryden  Ser- 
vant I  to    His  Majesty.  |  Succeffum    dea 

dira   negat |  Virg.    |    London :  | 

Printed  by  T.  N.  for  Henry  Herringman, 
and  are  to  be  fold  |  at  the  Anchor  in  the 
Lower  Walk  of  the  New  Exchange.   1 673. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  four  leaves ;  two  leaves  without  signatures ; 

B  —  L  2,  in  fours. 

Unsuccessfully  produced  in  1672. 

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46.  Amboyna:  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As  it  is 
Acted  I  at  the  Theatre- Royal,  |  Written 
by  John  Dryden  Servant  |  to  His  Ma- 
jefty.  I  —  Manet  alta  mente  repoftum.  | 
London :  |  Printed  by  T.  N.  for  Henry 
Herringman,  and  are  to  |  be  fold  at  the 
Anchor  in  the  Lower  Walk  |  of  the  New 
Exchange.      1673. 

Quarto.     First  Edition. 

A,  four  leaves;   a,  two  leaves;    B  —  Ki,  in 

fours. 

"  In  1673  Dryden  produced  the  tragedy  of  *  Amboyna, 
or  the  Cruelties  of  the  Dutch  to  the  English  Merchants,' 
a  very  inferior  piece,  hastily  written  for  the  occasion  of 
the  Dutch  War,  and  designed  to  gratify  and  inflame  the 
national  animosity  against  the  Dutch.  There  has  been 
a  general  mistake  among  Dryden's  editors  and  biog- 
raphers of  representing  the  Prologue  and  Epilogue  to 
this  play  as  principally  made  from  a  *  Satire  against  the 
Dutch,'  alleged  to  have  been  composed  by  Dryden  in 
1662.  The  fact  is  that  the  alleged  Satire  was  made  up 
from  the  Prologue  and  Epilogue  to  this  play  of  1673, 
by  the  publisher  of  the  *  State  Poems,'  and  first  pub- 
lished by  him  in  1704,  with  the  invention  of  its  having 
been  written  in  1662.  The  style  and  tone  of  the  Pro- 
logue and  Epilogue  are  execrable." — Christie, 

.  The  I  Mall:  |  Or  The  |  Modifh  Lovers.  | 
A  I  Comedy.  |  Acted  by  His  Majefties 
Servants.  |  Inceptis  nulla  Poteftas.  |  Lon- 
don, I  Printed  for  William  Cademan,  at 

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the  Pope's-head  in  the  low-  |  er  Walk  ol 
the  New  Exchange  in  the  Strand.     1674. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A  —  K,  in  fours  (title  on  A2). 

In  September,  1668,  a  translation  from  the  French, 
by  Dryden,  called  "  Ladies  a  la  Mode,"  was  produced 
at  the  King's  Theatre,  but  failed  the  first  night  and  was 
never  repeated.  Outside  of  Pepys's  notice  of  its  failure, 
nothing  is  known  of  this  comedy ;  but  Edmund  Gosse 
thinks  it  identical  with  "The  Mall."  The  dedication 
of  "The  Mall"  ("To  William  Whitcomb,  Junior, 
Efq.")  is  signed  "J.  D." 


48.  The  I  Miftaken  Husband.  |  A  Comedie,  | 
As  it  is  Acted  by  |  His  Majesties  Ser- 
vants I  At   the  I  Theatre-Royall.  |  By  a 

Perfon    of  Quality.     Haec    placuit 

femel    [Hor.]    |   London,  |  Printed 

for  J.  Magnes  and  R.  Bentley  |  in  Ruffel- 
ftreet  in  Coven- Garden  near  |  the  Pi- 
azza's, Anno  Domini,  MDCLXXV. 

Quarto.     First  Edition. 

Four  leaves  without  signature,  B  —  K,  in  fours. 

Founded  on  the  "  Amphytrion  "  of  Plautus.  Dryden 
revised  the  version  made  by  the  "Person  of  Quality," 
whose  name  is  not  known,  and  added  one  scene,  the 
Prologue  and  Epilogue. 

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Aureng-zebe :  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  Acted  at 
the  I  Royal-Theatre.  |  Written  by  |  John 
Dryden,  |  Servant  to  his  Majesty.  |  — 
Sed,  cum  fregit  fubfellia  verfu,  |  Efurit, 
intactam  Paridi  nifi  vendat  Agaven. 
Juv.  I  Licenfed,  Roger  UEstrange.  | 
London,  |  Printed  by  T.  N.  for  Henry 
Herringman,  at  the  Anchor  in  |  the  Lower 
Walk  of  the  New  Exchange.      1676. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  four  leaves ;  a,  two  leaves ;  B  —  M,  in  fours. 

"Aurengzebe,"  produced  in  1675,  was  the  last  of 
Dryden's  rhymed  heroic  tragedies.  It  has  many  fine 
lines. 

All  For  Love :  |  Or,  The  |  World  well 
Loft.  I  A  I  Tragedy,  |  As  it  is  Acted  at 
the  I  Theatre-Royal;  |  And  Written  in 
Imitation  of  Shakefpeare's  Stile.  |  By  John 
Dryden,  Servant  to  His  Majefty.  |  Facile 
eft  verbum  aliquod  ardens  (ut  ita  dicam) 
notare :  idque  re-  |  ftinctis  animorum  in- 
cendiis  irridere.  Cicero.  |  In  the  Savoy : 
I  Printed  by  Tho.  Newcomb,  for  Henry 
Herringman,  at  the  Blew  An-  |  chor  in 
the  Lower  Walk  of  the  New-Exchange. 
1678. 

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WORJCS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

One  leaf  without  signature;  a  and  b,  four 
leaves  each;  one  leaf  without  signature;  B  —  L, 
in  fours. 

This  tragedy,  on  the  theme  of  Antony  and  Cleopatra, 
which  was  brought  out  at  the  King's  Theatre  about  the 
beginning  of  1678,  is  universally  considered  the  best  of 
Dryden's  plays.  It  was  extremely  successful  on  the 
stage.     In  it  he  abandoned  rhyme  for  blank  verse. 


51.  Oedipus:  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As  it  is  Acted 
at  His  I  Royal  Highnefs  |  The  |  Duke's 
Theatre.  |  The  Authors  |  Mr.  Dryden, 
and  Mr.  Lee.  |  Hi  proprium  decus  & 
partum  indignantur  honorem  |  Ni  teneant. 
— Virgil.  I  Vos  exemplaria  Graea,  |  Noc- 
turna  verfate  manu,  verfate  diurna.  Horat. 
I  Licensed,  Jan.  3.  i67f.  |  Roger  L'Es- 
trange.  |  London,  |  Printed  for  R.  Bent- 
ley  and  M.  Magnes  in  Ruffel-ftreet  |  in 
Covent-  Garden.     1 679. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  —  L,  in  fours. 

"CEdipus"  was  brought  out  a  little  after  August, 
1678.  Dryden  wrote  the  first  two  acts ;  the  rest  was 
chiefly  written  by  Nathaniel  Lee.  Dryden  briefly  refers 
in  the  Epilogue  to  Sophocles,  Seneca,  and  Corneille, 
who  had  treated  the  subject. 

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52.  Troilus  I  And  |  Cressida,  |  Or,  |  Truth 
Found  too  Late.  |  A  |  Tragedy  |  As  it 
is  Acted  at  the  |  Duke's  Theatre,  |  To 
which  is  Prefixed,  a  Preface  Containing  | 
the  Grounds  of  Criticifm  in  Tragedy.  | 
Written  by  John  Dryden  |  Servant  to 
his  Majefty.  |  Rectius,  Illacum  carmen 
deducis  in  actus,  |  Quam  fi  proferres 
ignota  indictaqua  primus,  Hor.  |  London, 
Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon  at  the  Judges- 
Head  in  Chan-  |  cery-Iane  near  Fleet- 
ftreet,  and  Abel  Swall,  at  the  Unicorn  | 
at  the  Weft-end  of  S.  Pauls,  1679. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

One  leaf  without  signature ;  A,  a,  and  b,  in 

fours ;  B  —  K  3,  in  fours. 

This  adaptation  was  brought  out  at  Dorset  Gardens  in 
April,  1679.  Betterton,  crowned  with  bays  as  the  ghost 
of  Shakespeare,  spoke  the  Prologue,  which  is  in  Dry- 
den's  best  style. 

53.  Secret-Love,  |  Or  The  |  Maiden-Queen: 
I  As  it  is  Acted  |  By  His  Majesties  Ser- 
vants I  At  The  I  Theater  Royal.  |  Written 

by   I   John    Dryden,    Efq;    |    Vitiis 

nemo  fine  nafcitur;  optimus  ille  |  Qui 
minimus  urgetur.  Horace.  |  London 
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I  Printed  by  J.  M.  for  Henry  Herring- 
man,  at  the  Sign  |  of  the  Anchor,  on  the 
lower  walk  of  |  the  New-Exchange,  1679. 

Quarto. 

A  —  I  2,  in  fours. 

"  Secret  Love  "  was  successfully  played  March  2,1667, 
Nell  Gwyn,then  a  new  actress,  taking  the  part  of  Flori- 
mel,  and  was  published  in  1668.  The  Epilogue  recited 
and  published  with  the  play  was  by  a  friend, "  a  person 
of  honour."  A  short  Epilogue  for  the  comedy  is  in 
"Covent  Garden  Drollery,"  1672  (see  No.  71),  with 
several  known  pieces  by  Dryden,  and  is  probably  his. 
For  the  revival  of  "  Secret  Love  "  in  1672  by  the  women, 
Dryden  wrote  a  new  Prologue  and  a  new  Epilogue, 
which  were  printed  in  "  Covent  Garden  Drollery." 


54.  The  I  Kind  Keeper ;  |  Or,  |  Mr.  Limber- 
ham  :  I  A  I  Comedy  :  |  As  it  was  Acted 
at  the  I  Duke's  Theatre  |  By  |  His  Royal 
Highneffes  Servants.  |  Written  by  John 
Dryden,  Servant  to  his  Majefty.  |  K^v  (is 
(j>dYi(](;  ItuI  ptCav,  ojiwc  szi  xapTro^opYjoco.  | 
'AvBoXoYia  AsoTspa.  |  Hie  nuptarum  in- 
fanit  amoribus ;  hie  meretricum :  |  Om- 
nes  hi  metuunt  verfus ;  odere  Poetas. 
Horat.  I  London ;  |  Printed  for  R.  Bent- 
ley,  and  M.  Magnes,  in  Ruffel-  |  Street  in 
Covent- Garden,  1680. 
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Quarto.     First  edition. 

A  —  I,  in  fours ;  two  leaves  without  signature. 

Brought  out  at  Dorset  Gardens  in  1678  and  acted  only 
three  times. 

55.  The  I  Spanish  |  Fryar  |  Or,|  The  Double 
Difcovery.  |  Acted  at  the  Duke's  The- 
atre. I  Ut  melius  poffis  fallere,  fume  to- 

gam. Ma.  | Alterna    revifens   | 

Lufit,  &  in  folido  rurfus  fortuna  locevit. 
Vir.  I  Written  by  John  Dryden,  Servant 
to  I  His  Majesty.  |  London,  |  Printed  for 
Richard  Tonfon  and  Jacob  Tonfon,  at 
Grays- 1  inn-gate,  in  Grays-inn-lane,  and  at 
the  Judge's-Head,in  Chancery-lane,  1681. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  four  leaves  ;  a,  one  leaf;  B  —  M  2,  in  fours. 

This  severe  attack  on  the  Roman  Catholic  Order  was 
probably  written  in  1680,  and  was  successfully  produced 
in  the  Spring  or  Summer  of  1 68 1.  It  is  one  of  Dry- 
den's  best  plays. 

56.  The  I  Duke  |  Of  |  Guise.  |  A  |  Tragedy. 
I  Acted  By  Their  |  Majefties  Servants.  | 
Written  by  Mr.  Dryden,  and  Mr.  Lee.  | 
OoTCDf;  8s  (pik6zi\Loi  yoastc;  Iv  talc  TToXtTsiaic 
TO  ocYav  jXY]  yoXa^ajJLSvai,  |  tw  a^aOw  [xsiCov 
TO  xaxov  sXcDot.  Plutarch  in  Agefilao.  |  Lon- 

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don,  I  Printed  by  T.  H.  for  R.  Bentley  in 
Ruffel-ftreet,  near  the  Piazza  |  in  Covent- 
Garden,  and  J.  Tonfon  at  the  Judge's 
Head  in  |  Chancery-lane.  M.  DC- 
LXXXIII. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  —  L,  in  fours. 

This  play  of  Dryden  and  Lee  was  first  represented 
December  4,  1682. 

The  Epilogue  published  with  this  play  is  the  second 
one  written  by  Dryden  for  it.  The  first  was  never 
regularly  published,  bat  was  circulated  in  the  theatre 
in  a  broadsheet.  Bell,  in  his  edition  of  Dryden's 
poems,  three  volumes,  1854,  reprinted  it  from  a  copy  of 
this  broadsheet. 

57.  Albion  I  and  |  Albanius :  |  An  |  Opera.  | 
Performed  at  the  Queens  Theatre,  |  in 
Dorfet  Garden.  |  Written  by  Mr.  Dryden. 
I  Difcite  juftitiam  moniti,  &  non  temnere 
Divos.  Virg.  |  London,  |  Printed  for  Ja- 
cob Tonfon,  at  the  Judge's  Head  in  | 
Chancery-lane,  near  Fleet-ftreet.  1685. 

Folio.     First  edition. 

Two  leaves  without  signature;   b,  two  leaves, 

B — I,  in  twos. 

Written  in  celebration  of  the  success  of  Charles  II 
against  the  popular  party  and  parliamentary  opposition, 
but  was  not  publicly  acted  until  June  3,  1685,  four 
months  after  James's  accession.  Albion  is  Charles 
and  Albanius  his  brother  James. 

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;.   Don  I  Sebastian,  |  King    of    Portugal:    | 
A  I   Tragedy  |  Acted    at    the  |  Theatre 

Royal.  I  Written  by  Mr.  Dryden.  |  

Nee  tarda  Senectus  |  Debilitat  vires 
animi,  mutatque  vigorem.  Virgil.  |  Lon- 
don :  I  Printed  for  Jo.  Hindmarfh,  at  the 
Golden  Hall  in  |  Cornhil.     MDCXC. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A  and  a,  four  leaves  each ;  B  —  L,  in  fours ; 

M  and  N,  in  twos;    O  —  S,  in  fours. 

One  of  Dryden's  best  dramas,  but  too  long  to  be  quite 
successful.     It  was  first  acted  in  1690. 

59.  The  I  State  of  Innocence,  |  And  |  Fall  of 
Man :  I  An  I  Opera.  |  Written  in  Heroick 
Verfe;  |  And  dedicated  to  Her  Royal 
Highnefs  |  The  |  Duchess.  |  By  Mr.  John 

Dryden.  |    Utinam  modo  dicere 

poffem  I  Carmina  digna  Dea :  Certe  eft 
Dea  Carmine  digna.  Ovid.  Metam.  | 
London,  |  Printed  by  J.  M.  for  Henry 
Herringman,  and  are  to  be  fold  by  |  Abel 
Roper,  near  Temple-Barr,  in  Fleetftreet, 
1690. 

Quarto. 

A  —  G,  in  fours. 

"  The  State  of  Innocence,"  which  Dryden  wrote  in 
four  weeks,  was  first  published  in  1676.  Though  this 
adaptation  of  Milton's  ** Paradise  Lost"  adds  little  to 

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Dryden's  reputation,  it  is  interesting  to  read  his  Pref- 
ace, where  he  describes  Milton's  poem  as  "being  un- 
doubtedly one  of  the  greatest,  most  noble,  and  sublime 
poems  which  either  this  age  or  nation  has  produced." 
"The  State  of  Innocence"  was  never  produced  on  the 
stage. 


60.  Amphitryon ;  |  Or,  |  The  Two  Sofia's.  | 
A  Comedy.  |  As  it  is  Acted  at  the  |  The- 
atre Royal.  I  Egregiam,  vero  laudem,  & 
fpoHa  ampla  refertis ;  |  Una,  dola,  Divum, 
fi  Faemina  victa  duorum  eft.  Virg.  |  Written 
by  Mr.  Dryden.  |  To  which  is  added,  | 
The  Musick  of  the  Songs.  |  Composed  by 
Mr.  Henry  Purcel.  |  London,  |  Printed 
for  J.  Tonfon,  at  the  Judges  Head  in 
Chancery-lane  |  near  Fleet-ftreet,  and  M. 
Tonfon  at  Gray 's-Inn- Gate  in  |  Gray's- 
Inn-Lane.     1691. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A — H,  in  fours;  I,  two  leaves;  four  leaves 

without  signatures;  C  and  D,  two  leaves  each. 

Also  produced  in  1690,  later  than  "  Don  Sebastian," 
this  comedy  was  very  successful.  The  subject  had 
been  treated  by  Plant  us  and  by  Moliere. 

61.  King  Arthur:  |  Or,  |  The  Britifh 
Worthy.  |  A  Dramatick   |   Opera.  |  Per- 

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formed  at  the  Queens  Theatre  |  By  Their 
Majesties     Servants.    |   Written   by   Mr. 

Dryden.  |  Heic  alta  Theatris  |  Fun- 

damenta  locant :  Scenis  decora  alta  fu- 
turis.  Virg.  ^neid.  i.  |  Purpurea  in- 
texti   tollunt  aulaea  Britanni.     Georg.   3. 

10.  I    Tanton'    placuit    concurrere 

motu.  ^neid.  II.  |  Jupiter,  aeterna  Gen- 
teis  in  pace  futuras  ?  |  Et  Celebrare 
Domeftica  facta.  Hon  |  London,  Printed 
for  Jacob  Tonfon,  at  the  Judges- Head  | 
in  Chancery-Lane  near  Fleetftreet.   1 69 1 . 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

Two  leaves  without  signature ;  A,  four  leaves ; 

one  leaf  without  signature;  B  —  H3,  in  fours. 

First  written  near  the  close  of  the  reign  of  Charles 

11,  and  intended  as  a  sequel  to  "  Albion  and  Albanius,'* 
and  for  congratulation  to  Charles  on  his  last  political 
triumphs,  "King  Arthur"  was  greatly  changed  when 
finally  brought  out  in  1691,  with  music  by  Purcell. 
The  opera,  as  Dryden  calls  it,  was  a  great  success.  In 
the  dedication  he  acknowledges  his  indebtedness  for 
the  idea  of"  King  Arthur  "  to  George  Savile,  Marquis 
of  Halifax. 

Cleomenes,  |  The  |  Spartan  Heroe.  |  A 
Tragedy,  |  As  it  is  Acted  at  the  |  The- 
atre Royal.  I  Written  by  Mr.  Dryden.  | 
To  which  is  prefixt  |  The  Life  of  Cleo- 

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menes.  |  His  Armis,  ilia  quoque  tutus  in 
aula.  Juv.  Sat.  IV.  |  London,  |  Printed 
for  Jacob  Tonfon,  at  the  Judge's-Head 
in  Chancery-  |  Lane  near  Fleet- Street. 
1692.  I  Where  Compleat  Sets  of  Mr.  Dry- 
dens  Works,  in  Four  |  Volumes,  are  to  be 
Sold.  The  Plays  being  put  in  the  |  order 
they  were  Written. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A  and  a,  four  leaves  each ;  B  —  K,  in  fours. 

First  produced  in  May,  1692.  Dryden's  illness 
caused  him  to  get  young  Southerne  to  write  half  of  the 
last  act  for  him.     The  play  did  not  enjoy  much  favor. 

63.  Love  Triumphant;  |  Or,  |  Nature  will 
Prevail.  |  A  |  Tragi- Comedy.  |  As  it  is 
Acted  at  the  |  Theatre  Royal,  |  By  Their 
Majesties  Servants.  |  Quod  optanti  Divum 
promittere  nemo  |  Auderet,  volvenda 
dies,  en,  attulit  ultro  Virg.  |  Written  by 
Mr.  Dryden.  |  London,  |  Printed  for 
Jacob  Tonfon,  at  the  Judges  Head  near  | 
the  Inner-Temple- Gate  in  Fleet-ftreet. 
1694. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,   four  leaves;    a,   two  leaves;    B  —  M2,  in 

fours. 

On  January  11,  1694,  John  Evelyn  supped  at  Mr. 
Edward  Sheldon's,  "  where  was  Mr.  Dryden,  the  poet, 

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who  now  intended  to  write  no  more  plays,  being  intent 
on  his  translation  of  Virgil :  he  read  to  us  his  prologue 
and  epilogue  to  his  valedictory  play  now  shortly  to  be 
acted."  "Love  Triumphant"  was  produced  soon 
after  this  and  was  a  decided  failure.  Dryden  declared 
in  the  witty  Prologue  that  he  had  forsaken  the  stage, 
and  the  Epilogue  began  with  this  conceit ; 

"  Now,  in  good  manners,  nothing  shall  be  said 
Against  this  play,  because  the  poet's  dead." 

Dryden  used  rhyme  in  this  play  in  some  of  the  tragic 
parts.  Congreve,  in  whom  the  old  poet  had  taken  a 
kindly  interest,  wrote  a  song  for  the  first  scene  of  the 
fifth  act. 

54.  The  I  Comedies,  |  Tragedies,  |  and  | 
Operas  |  Written  by  |  John  Dryden, 
Esq;  I  Now  first  Collected  together, 
and  I  Corrected  from  the  Originals.  |  In 
Two  Volumes.  |  [The  Second  Volume] 
London,  |  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon,  at 
Gray's- Inn- Gate  in  Gray's-Inn-Lane ;  | 
Thomas  Bennet,  at  the  Half-Moon;  and 
Richard  Wellington,  at  |  the  Lute  in  St. 
Paul's  Church-Yard.     MDCCI. 

Folio.     First  collected  edition. 

The  portrait  of  Dryden,  by  Edelinck,  after  Kneller, 
which  was  published  with  this  edition,  was  also  issued 
separately. 

65.  The  Dramatick  |  Works  |  Of  |  John 
Dryden,  Esq;  |  In  Six  Volumes.  |  Lon- 

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WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

don  :  I  Printed  for  J.  Tonfon:  And  Sold 
by  R.  Knaplock,  |  W.  Taylor,  W.  Hears, 
J.   Browne,  W.  Churchill,    |   E.  Symon, 

and  J.  Brotherton,  MDCCXVII. The 

Dramatick  Works  |  Of  |  John  Dryden, 
Efq ;  I  Volume  the  Second.  [Third, 
Fourth,  Fifth,  and  Sixth]  ....  Lon- 
don, I  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonson  at 
Shakespeare's  Head  |  over-againft  Kath- 
arine-Street in  the  Strand.  |  MDCCX- 
VII. 

Duodecimo.  Portrait  by  Vertue  in  each 
volume. 

Edited  by  Congreve,  who,  in  the  Dedication  to  the 
Duke  of  Newcastle,  thus  refers  to  Dryden's  lines  in 
"The  Double  Dealer"  (see  No.  98):  "In  fome  very 
Elegant,  tho'  very  partial  Verfes  which  he  did  me  the 
Honour  to  write  to  me,  he  recommended  it  to  me  to  be 
kind  to  his  Remains.  I  was  then,  and  have  been  ever 
fince  moft  fenfibly  touched  with  that  Expreffion:  and 
the  more  fo,  because  I  could  not  find  in  my  felf  the 
Means  of  fatisfying  the  Paffion  which  I  felt  in  me,  to  do 
fomething  anfwerable  to  an  Injunction  laid  upon  me  in 
fo  Pathetick  and  fo  Amicable  a  Manner.  You,  my  Lord, 
have  furnifh'd  me  with  Ample  means  of  acquitting  my 
felf,  both  of  my  Duty  and  Obligation  to  my  departed 
Friend,'' 

66.   The    Dramatick    |    Works    |    Of  |   John 
Dryden,  Efq ;  |  In  |  Six  Volumes,   [vols. 

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WORKS    OF   JOHN   DRYDEN. 

II-VI]  I  [head  of  Shakespeare]  London  : 
Printed  for  Jacob  Tonson  in  the  Strand.  | 
MDCCXXXV. 

Duodecimo.  Portrait  by  Vertue  in  first  vol- 
ume ;  the  others  have  frontispieces  by  G. 
Vander  Gucht. 

An  uncut  copy. 


III.  Conttribttteu 

^7.  Lachrymae  Musarum  :  |  The  Tears  of  the 
Muses ;  |  Expreft  in  |  Elegies ;  |  Written 
I  By  divers  perfons  of  Nobility  and  Worth, 
I  Upon  the  death  of  the  most  hopefull,  | 
Henry  Lord  Haftings  |  Onely  Sonn  of  the 
Right  Honourable  |  Ferdinando  Earl  of 
Huntingdon  |  Heir-generall  of  the  high 
born  Prince  |  George  Duke  of  Clarence,  | 
Brother  to  |  King  Edward  the  fourth.  ( 
Collected  and  fet  forth  by  R.  B.  |  Dignum 
laude   virum   Mufae   vetant  mori    Hor.  | 

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WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

London,  Printed  by  T.  N.  and  are  to  be 
fold  I  by  John  Holden,  at  the  blue  Anchor 
in  the  |  New  Exchange.     1650. 

Octavo. 

A  —  C,  in  eights ;  two  leaves  without  signa- 
tures; D  and  E,  eight  leaves  each;  F,  six 
leaves  (F  3-8);  G,  three  leaves. 

The  elegy  by  Dryden  on  pages  88-92,  is  generally 
considered  his  first  appearance  in  print.  Among  the 
other  contributors  to  this  collection  of  elegies  to  the 
memory  of  Lord  Hastings  (whose  death  by  smallpox 
occurred  July  9,  1649)  were  the  Earl  of  Westmoreland, 
Lord  Falkland,  Sir  Aston  Cokain,  Robert  Herrick,  Sir 
John  Denham,  Andrew  Marvel,  J.  Bancroft,  Alexander 
Brome,  and  Richard  Brome.  The  latter,  better  known 
for  his  comedies,  is  usually  thought  to  have  been  the 
editor,  whose  initials  "  R.  B."  are  on  the  title.  Dry- 
den's  poem  is  characteristic  of  a  schoolboy  full  of  clas- 
sical erudition,  and  carries  to  an  extreme  the  scholastic 
pedantry,  discernible  also,  though  in  less  degree,  in 
Dryden's  early  political  poems.  The  rhythm  also  of 
some  of  the  lines  is  imperfect.  The  poem  is  reprinted 
in  Vol.  I.  of  the  edition  of  the  "  Miscellany  Poems  "  of 
1716. 

The  present  is  the  second  issue  of  the  volume.  It  is 
the  same  book  as  the  first  issue  with  a  substituted  title. 
As  originally  published,  the  title  agreed  with  that  given 
above,  except  in  the  imprint,  which  was  as  follows: 
"  London,  Printed  by  Tho.  Newcomb,  1649."  On  the 
verso  of  the  title  were  "  The  names  of  the  Writers  of 
these  following  Elegies,'^  but  as  they  had  been  printed 
before  the  additional  contributions  had  been  sent  in, 
the  names  of  these  last  contributors  were  omitted,  and 


WORKS    OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

the  list  contains  only  twenty-seven  names.  The  re- 
printed title  has  on  the  verso  thirty-six  names,  and  the 
editor  has  added  a  note  at  the  foot  apologizing  to  any 
contributor  whose  proper  title  he  may  have  omitted. 


Another  copy  of  the  same  edition  and  the 
identical  copy  formerly  owned  by  Lucie, 
Countess  of  Huntingdon,  the  mother  of 
the  ill-fated  Lord  Hastings.  On  the  fly- 
leaves the  sorrowing  mother  has  recorded 
her  tribute  to  her  only  son  in  a  copy  of 
verses,  which  for  pathetic  personal  inter- 
est far  surpass  the  stilted  and  more  formal 
compositions  of  the  regular  contributors. 

Sion  and  Parnassus,  |  Or  |  Epigrams  | 
On  feverall  texts  of  the  Old  and  |  New 
Teflament,  | 

To  which  are  added, 

A  Poem  on  the  Passion, 

A  Hymn  on  the  Refurrection, 

Afcention, 

And  feaft  of  Pentecost. 

By  John  Hoddesdon.  |  Horat  de  arte 
Poet.  I  Omne  tulit  punctum  qui  nufcuit 
utile  dulci.  |  London,  |  Printed  by  R. 
Daniel  for  G.  Everfden,  and  are  to  be  | 

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fold   at  his  Ihop    over   againft  the  Httle 
north  I  gate  of  S.  Pauls  Church.  |  MDCL. 

Octavo.     First  edition. 

^  ,  four  leaves;  A  —  1 2,  in  eights. 

Facing  the  title  is  a  portrait  of  the  author,  engraved, 
according  to  Bromley,  by  T.  Cross.  Beginning  on  the 
verso  of  *f[2  and  extending  to  the  verso  of  If  4  are 
commendatory  poems  by  Henry  Bromley  (in  Latin), 
R.  Marsh,  W.  James,  and  John  Dryden.  Dryden's 
poem,  "  To  his  Friend,  the  Author,  on  his  Divine  Epi- 
gram," signed  J.  Dryden,  of  Trin.  C,  is  believed  to  be 
his  second  appearance  in  print. 

70.  Poems,  I  Viz.  |  i.  A  Panegyrick  to  the 
King.  I  2.  Songs  and  Sonnets.  |  3.  The 
Blind  Lady,  a  Comedy.  |  4.  The  Fourth 
Book  of  Virgil,  |  5.  Statius  his  Achil- 
leis,  I  with  Annotations.  |  6.  A  Pane- 
gyrick to  Generall  |  Monck.  |  By  the 
Honorable  |  S^  Robert  |  Howard.  |  Lon- 
don, I  Printed  for  Henry  Herringman, 
and  are  to  be  fold  at  his  |  fhop  at  the 
fign  of  the  Anchor  on  the  lower  Walk  | 
of  the  New  Exchange.      1660. 

Octavo.     First  edition. 

A  —  B,   eight  leaves   each;  C,   nine  leaves; 

D  —  O,  in  eights. 

Contains  a  commendatory  poem  to  Howard,  signed 
"John  Driden." 

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71.  Covent  Garden  |  Drolery,  |  Or  A  | 
Colection,  |  Of  all  the  Choice  Songs,  | 
Poems,  I  Prologues  and  Epilogues, 
(Sung  and  |  Spoken  at  Courts  and  Thea- 
ters) never  in  |  Print  before.  |  Written 
by  the  refined'ft  Witts  of  the  Age.  | 
And  Collected  by  A.  B.  |  London,  | 
Printed  for  James  Magnes,  neer  the 
Piazza  in  |  Ruffel- Street,  1672. 

Octavo.     First  edition. 

One    leaf   without   signature;    Bi  —  H7,   in 

eights. 

^^  A  large  part  of  the  pieces  in  "  Covent  Garden  Drol- 

lery" are  Dryden's.  He  may  have  been  also  the 
author  of  several  other  pieces  there,  whose  authorship 
is  not  known.  For  example,  the  fine  Prologue  to 
"Julius  Csesar,"  written  for  a  revival  of  the  play  at 
the  Theatre  Royal,  may  be  his. 

72.  The  I  Man  of  Mode,  |  Or,  |  S^  Fop- 
ling  Flutter.  I  A  |  Comedy.  |  Acted  at 
the  Duke's  Theatre.  |  By  George  Ethe- 
rege,  Efq ;  |  Licensed,  |  June  3.  |  1676.  | 
Roger  UEftrange.  |  London,  |  Printed 
by  J.  Macock,  for  Henry  Herringman,  at 
the  Sign  of  |  the  Blew  Anchor  in  the  | 
Lower  Walk  of  the  |  New  Exchange, 
1676. 

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WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  —  N,  in  fours. 

Epilogue  by  Dryden.    This  was  the  last  play  Etherege 
produced. 


73.  Circe,  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As  it  is  Acted  | 
At  His  I  Royal  Highnefs  the  Duke  of 
York's  I  Theatre.  |  By  Charles  D'Avenant, 
L.L.D.  I  Hor.  Velut  ^gri  fomnia  vava.  | 
Licensed  June  18,1677,  Roger  L*Estrange. 

I  London,  |  Printed  for  Richard  Tonfon 
at  his  Shop  |  under  Gray's-Inn-gate 
next  Gray's-Inn-  |  lane,   MDCXXXVII. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

Two  leaves  without  signature ;    B  —  L  2,  in 

fours. 

Prologue  by  Dryden. 

74.  The  I  Rival  Queens,  |  or  the  death  of 
I  Alexander  |  The  Great.  |  Acted  at  the 
I  Theatre- Royal.  |  By  |  Their  Majefties 
Servants.  |  By  Nat.  Lee,  Gent.  |  — Na- 
tura  fublimis  &  acer,  |  Nam  fpirat  tragicum 
fatis,  8l  feliciter  audet.  |  Horat.  Epift.  ad 
Aug.  I  London,  |  Printed  for  James 
Magnes  and  Richard  Bentley,  at  the  Poft- 

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houfe  in  |  Ruffel-ftreet  in  Covent-Garden, 
near  the  Piazza^s,  1677. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  four  leaves ;  a,  two  leaves ;  B  —  D,  in  fours ; 

E,  five  leaves ;  F  —  I,  in  fours. 

Complimentary  poem  by  Dryden. 

75.  Mithridates  |  Kingof  Pontus,  |  A  |  Trag- 
edy :  I  Acted  at  the  |  Theatre  Royal,  | 
By  their  Majeftie*s  Servants.  |  Written  by 
Nat.  Lee.  |  Hi  motus  animorum  atque 
haec   certamina   tanta,  |    Pulveris    exigui 

i'  jactu  compreffa  quiefcent.  |  Virgil.  Georg. 
1.  4.  I  Licenfed  March  28  1678.  |  Roger 
L'Estrange.  |  London :  |  Printed  by  R. 
E.  for  James  Magnes  and  Rich.  Bentley. 
in  Ruffel-  |  ftreet  in  Covent-Garden, 
near  the  Piazza's  1678. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  —  L,  in  fours. 

Epilogue  by  Dryden.  A  second  Epilogue  was 
written  for  a  representation  of  the  play  in  1 68 1,  and 
Scott  has  printed  it  as  Dryden's,  but  it  was  probably 
done  by  Lee  himself. 

^6,  A  I  True  Widow.  |  A  |  Comedy,  |  Acted 
by  the  Duke's  Servants.  |  Written  by  | 

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Tho.  Shadwell.  |  Odi  profanum  Vulgus  & 
arceo.  |  [device]  London,  |  Printed  for 
Benjamin  Tooke,  at  the  Ship  in  St.  Paul's 
Church-  I  yard.     1679. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  —  L,  in  fours. 

Prologue  by  Dryden.  After  his  quarrel  with  Shad- 
well,  Dryden  gave  this  Prologue  to  Mrs.  Behn,  in  1690, 
for  her  play,  "  The  Widow  Ranter  "  (see  No.  92). 

yj.  Ovid's  I  Epistles,  |  Translated  |  By  Sev- 
eral Hands.  |  Vel  tibi  compofita  cantetur 
Epiftola  voce :  |  Ignotam  hoc  aliis  ille 
novavit  opus.  Ovid.  |  London,  |  Printed 
for  Jacob  Tonfon  at  the  Sign  of  the  | 
Judges  Head  in  Chancery  Lane,  near  | 
Fleet-Street.      1680. 

Octavo.     First  edition. 

A,  eight  leaves;    a,  four  leaves;    B  —  S,  in 

eights. 

The  Preface  is  signed  by  Dryden;  among  the  other 
contributors  were  Tate,  Flatman,  Mrs.  Behn,  Settle, 
Lord  Mulgave,  Rhymer,  and  Otway.  The  translation 
gave  occasion  for  several  burlesques ;  (see  Nos.  105- 
107). 

78.  Caefar  Borgia ;  |  Son  of  |  Pope  Alexan- 
der  I    The    I    Sixth :     |    A    |    Tragedy  | 

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Acted  at  the  |  Duke's  Theatre  |  By  | 
Their  Royal  Highneffes  Servants.  |  Written 
by  Nat.  Lee.  |  London :  |  Printed  by  R. 
E.  for  R.  Bentley,  and  M.  Magnes,  in 
Ruffel-  I  Street  in  Coven t- Garden,  near 
the  Piazza,  1680. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  —  K,  in  fours. 

Prologue  by  Dryden. 

79.  The  I  Loyal  |  General,  |  A  |  Tragedy.  | 
Acted  at  the  |  Duke's  Theatre  |  Written  | 
By  N.Tate,  |  London,  |  Printed  for  Henry 
Bonwicke,  at  the  Red  Lion  |  in  St.  Paul's 
Church-yard,  M.  DC.  LXXX. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  four  leaves;   a,  two  leaves;    B  — 12,  in 

fours. 

Prologue  by  Dryden. 

80.  The  I  Loyal  Brother  |  Or  the  |  Persian  | 
Prince.  |  A  |  Tragedy  |  As  it  is  Acted  at 
the  Theatre  Royal  |  by  their  Majefties 
Servants.  By  Thomas  Southern.  |  I,fuge; 
fed  poteras  tutior  effe  Domi.  Mart.  | 
London,  |  Printed  for  William  Cademan 

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at  the  Popes  Head  |  in  the  New  Exchange 
in  the  Strand,  1682. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  — 12,  in  fours. 

Prologue  and  Epilogue  by  Dryden,  though  he  does 
not  sign  them.  This  was  Southerne's  first  play.  It 
was  directed  against  the  Whigs,  the  Duke  of  York 
being  the  "loyal  brother,"  while  the  conspirator  in 
the  play  was  Shaftesbury.  According  to  Dr.  Johnson, 
Dryden  raised  his  customary  price  for  a  prologue  or 
epilogue  from  two  to  three  guineas  when  "  The  Loyal 
Brother  "  was  brought  out,  saying :  "  Not,  young 
man,  out  of  disrespect  to  you,  but  the  players  have  had 
my  goods  too  cheap."  This  incident  is  responsible  for 
Pope's  lines ; 

"  Tom,  whom  Heaven  sent  down  to  raise 
The  price  of  prologues  and  of  plays." 


81.  The  I  Unhappy  Favorite :  |  Or  The  | 
Earl  of  Essex.  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  Acted  at 
the  I  Theatre  Royal  |  By  Their  Majeft/s 
Servants.    |   Written   by  John   Bankes.  | 

qui  nimios  optabat  Honores,    |    Et 

nimias  pofcebat  Opes,  numerofa  parabat  | 
Excelfae  turris  tabulata,  unde  altior  effet  | 
Cafus  &  impulfae  praeceps  immane  Ruinae. 
Juven.  Sat.  10.  |  London,  |  Printed  for 
Richard  Bentley  and  Mary  Magnes  in 
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Ruffel-ftreet  |  near  the  Piazza  in  Covent 
Garden,  1682. 

Quarto.     First  edition, 
A  —  L2,  in  fours. 

Prologue  and  Epilogue  by  Dryden. 

The  I  History  |  Of  The  |  League.  | 
Written  in  French  |  By  Monfieur  Maim- 
bourg.  I  Translated  into  English  |  Accord- 
ing to  His  Majefty's  Command.  |  By  Mr. 

Dryden.  |  Neque  enim  libertas  gra- 

tior  ulla  eft  |  Quam  fub  Rege  Pio | 

London,  |  Printed  by  M.  Flefher,  for 
Jacob  Tonfon,  at  the  |  Judges- Head  in 
Chancery-lane    near   Fleetftreet      1684. 

Octavo.     First  edition. 

A,  a,  and  b,  in  eights ;  c,  six  leaves ;  B  —  Z, 
and  Aa  —  Kk,  in  eights ;  LI,  four  leaves ; 
Mm,  two  leaves;  Aaa  —  Uuu,  in  eights;  Xxx, 
four  leaves. 

An  I  Essay  |  On  |  Translated  Verfe.  |  By 
the  I  Earl  of  Roscommon.  |  Cape  Dona 
Extrema  Tuorum.  |  London,  |  Printed 
for  Jacob  Tonfon  at  the  Judges  Head  in  | 
Chancery  Lane,  1684. 
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Quarto.     First  edition. 

One  leaf  without  signature;  A  —  D,  in  fours; 
between  A3  and  A4  are  inserted  two  leaves 
signed  (a)  and  (a2). 

Contains  complimentary  address  by  Dryden.  Ros- 
common returned  Dryden's  favor  with  a  compli- 
mentary poem  on  his  "  Religio  Laici,"  which  Dryden 
published  in  the  "  Miscellany  Poems  "  of  1684  (see 
No.  85). 

84.  Conftantine  |  The  |  Great;  |  A  |  Trag- 
edy. I  Acted  at  the  |  Theatre- Royal,  | 
By  their  Majefties  Servants.  |  Written  by 
Nat.  Lee,  Gent.  |  London,  |  Printed  by 
H.  Hills  Jun.  for  R.  Bently,  in  Ruffel- 
Street,  Covent- 1  Garden,  and  J.  Tonfon, 
at  the  Judges- Head  in  |  Chancery- Lane 
near  Fleet- ftreet.     1684. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  —  1 2,  in  fours. 

Epilogue  by  Dryden. 

85.  Mifcellany  Poems.  |  Containing  a  New  | 
Translation  |  Of  |  Virgills  Ecloques,  | 
Ovid's  Love  Elegies,  |  Odes  of  Horace,  | 
And  Other  Authors;  |  With  Several  | 
Original  Poems.  |  By  the  Mofl  Eminent 
Hands.  |  Et  Vos,  O  Lauri,  carpam,  &  Te, 

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proxima  Myrte:  |  Sic  pofitae  quoniam 
fuaveis  mifcetis  oderes.  |  Virg.  Eel.  2.  | 
London,  |  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon,  at 
the  Judges-head  in  |  Chancery- Lane  near 
Fleet-ftreet,  1684. 

Octavo.     First  edition.     Edited  by  Dryden. 
A,  four  leaves;    B  —  X,  in   eights;    Y,  four 
leaves ;  A  —  E,  in  eights ;  F,  four  leaves. 

This  volume  contains  reprints  of  "Mac  Flecknoe," 
"Absalom  and  Achitophel,"  and  "The  Medal,"  to- 
gether with  translations  from  Ovid,  Theocritus,  and 
Virgil,  complimentary  addresses,  and  some  Prologues 
and  Epilogues. 

56.  Sylvae :  |  Or,  The  |  Second  Part  |  Of  | 
Poetical  |  Miscellanies.  |  Non  de- 
ficit alter  |  Aureus;  &  fimili  frondefcit 
virga  Metallo.  Virg.  |  London,  |  Printed 
for  Jacob  Tonfon,  at  the  Judges- Head  | 
in  Chancery-lane  near  Fleetftreet,  1685. 

Octavo.     First  edition. 

A  and  a,  eight  leaves  each;  b,  four  leaves; 
leaf  of  errata;  B — L,  in  eights;  M,  four 
leaves;  Aa — Hh, in  eights;  li,  seven  leaves. 

This  second  series  of  the  Miscellanies  Contains 
translations  from  the  "  ^neid,"  Theocritus,  and  Hor- 
ace, mostly  by  Dryden.  There  is  a  long  Preface  by 
Dryden  on  translation.     The  third  series,  with  the  ad- 

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ditional  title  of  "Exam  en  Poeticum,"  appeared  in  1693, 
containing  translations  from  Ovid*s  "  Metamorphoses," 
the  "Veni,  Creator  Spiritis,"  epitaphs,  and*'  Hector 
and  Andromache "  from  the  6th  Iliad.  The  fourth, 
called  also  the  "  Annual  Miscellany,"  was  published 
in  1694,  and  included  Dryden's  translation  of  the 
"Georgics,"  bk.  iii,  and  his  excellent  poem  addressed 
to  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller.  A  fifth  volume,  by  other 
writers,  appeared  in  1704,  and  a  sixth  in  1706.  A  uni- 
form edition  of  the  Miscellanies  was  published  in  1716 
in  six  volumes,  and  is  described  under  the  next 
number. 

"^T,  The  First  Part  [Second,  Third,  Fourth, 
Fifth  and  Sixth]  of  |  Miscellany  Poems.  | 
Containing  Variety  of  New  |  Transla- 
tions I  Of  The  I  Ancient  Poets :  |  Together 
with  Several  Original  Poems.  |  By  the 
Moft  Eminent  Hands.  |  Publifh'd  by  Mr. 
Dryden.  |  [quotation  in  first  three  volumes] 
The  Fourth  Edition.  |  London.  |  Printed 
for  Jacob  Tonson  at  Shakespeare's  |  Head 
over-againfb  Katharine- Street  in  |  the 
Strand.     MDCCXVI. 

Duodecimo. 

88.   Poems  |  By  |  Mrs.  Anne  Killigrew.  |  Im- 

modicis  brevis  eft  aetas,  &  rara  Senectus. 

I  Mart.  1.   6.   Ep.   29.  |  These  Poems  are 

Licenfed  to  be  Publiflied,  |  Sept.  30,  1685. 

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I  I  Ro.   L'Eftrange.   |    [device]    London  :  | 

Printed  for  Samuel  Lowndes,  over  againft 

;  Exeter  Exchange  in  |  the  Strand.     1686. 

[Quarto.     First  edition. 

One  leaf  without  signature;  [a]-[c]  i,  in  fours; 
[  B  —  O  2,  in  fours. 

Contains  Ode  to  the  memory  of  Anne  Killigrew  by 
Dryden. 

Remains  |  of  |  Mr.  John  Oldham  |  In  | 
Verse  and  Prose.  |  London :  |  Printed  for 
Jo  Hindmarfh,  at  the  Golden  Ball  over  | 
againft  the  Royal  Exchange  in  Cornhil. 
1687. 

Octavo. 

A — I,  in  eights. 

Contains  an  epitaph  by  Dryden  on  the  death  of  Old- 
ham, author  of  "  Satires  on  the  Jesuits,"  which  were 
written  in  1679  and  published  in  the  height  of  the  ex- 
citement against  the  Roman  Catholics.  Oldham  died 
in  1683,  in  his  twenty-ninth  year,  and  Dryden  gives 
generous  praise  to  his  fellow  satirist  in  the  noble  lines, 
beginning : 

"  Farewell,  too  little  and  too  lately  known, 
Whom  I  began  to  think  and  call  my  own." 

The  I  Life  |  Of  |  St.  Francis  Xavier,  |  Of 
The  I  Society  |  Of  |  Jesus,  |  Apoftle  of 
the  Indies,  |  and  of  Japan.  |  Written  in 
French  by  Father  Domi-  |  nick  Bohours, 

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of  the  fame  Society.  |  Tranflated  into 
Englifli  I  By  Mr.  Dryden.  |  London, 
Printed  for  Jacob  Tonson,  at  the  Judges- 
Head  I  in  Chancery-lane,  MDCLXXX- 
VIII. 

Octavo.     First  edition. 

A,  eight  leaves;  a,  four  leaves  ;  B  —  Z,  Aa  — 

Zz,  and  Aaa  —  Ccc,  in  eights. 

91.  Paradife  Loft.  |  A  |  Poem  |  in  Twelve 
Books.  I  The  Authour  |  John  Milton.  | 
The  Fourth  Edition,  Adorn'd  with  Sculp- 
tures. I  London,  |  Printed  by  Miles 
Flefher,  for  Jacob  Tonfon,  at  the  Judge's- 
Head  in  Chancery-lane  near  Fleet-Street. 
I  MDCLXXXVIII. 

Folio. 

A,  two  leaves;  B  —  Z    and    Aa  —  Yy  2,  in 

fours;  Zz  and  Aa,  two  leaves  each. 

The  title  is  preceded  by  a  portrait  of  Milton,  en- 
graved by  R.  White,  under  which  are  Dryden' s  well- 
known  lines : 

Three  poets,  in  three  distant  ages  born, 
Greece,  Italy,  and  England  did  adorn. 
The  First  in  loftinefs  of  thought  SurpalPd, 
The  next  in  Majesty;  in  both  the  Last. 
The  force  of  Nature  cou'd  no  further  goe : 
To  make  a  Third  she  joynd  the  former  two. 
This  is  the  first  folio  edition  of  "Paradise  Lost,"  and 
the  first  to  be  illustrated,  the  work  containing,  in  ad- 
dition to  the  portrait,  twelve  full-sized  copper-plates. 

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92.  The  I  Widdow  Ranter  |  Or,  The  History 
of  I  Bacon  in  Virginia.  |  A  |  Tragi-Com- 
edy,  I  Acted  by  their  Majefties  Servants. 
I  Written  by  Mrs.  A.  Behn.  |  [device] 
London,  Printed  for  James  Knapton  at 
the  I  Crown  in  St.  PauFs  Church- Yard. 
1690. 

Quarto.     First  Edition. 
A  —  H,  fours. 

The  Prologue,  by  Dryden,  is  the  one  he  wrote  for 
Shadwell's  '*True  Widow"  (see  No.  76). 

.  A  I  Dialogue  |  Concerning  |  Women,  | 
Being  a  Defence  |  Of  the  |  Sex:  |  Writ- 
ten to  Eugenia.  |  London,  Printed  for  R. 
Bentley  in  Ruffel-Street  in  Covent-Gar- 
den,  and  J.  Tonfon  at  the  Judge's-Head 
in  Chancery-Lane.      1691. 

Octavo.     First  edition. 

A,  four  leaves;  B  —  K  3,  in  eights. 

Dryden  contributed  a  Preface  to  this  work,  the  most 
notable  of  the  productions  in  prose  of  William  Walsh 
(1663-1708),  critic  and  poet,  and  the  friend  of  Alex- 
ander Pope. 

94.  The  I  Mistakes,  |  Or,  |  The  Falfe  Re- 
port: I  A  I  Tragi- Comedy.  |  Acted  by 
Their  Majefties  Servants.    |  Written  by 

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Mr.  Jof.  Harris.  |  The  Prologue  Written 
by  Mr.  Dryden,  |  The  Epilogue  by  Mr. 
Tate.  I  Haec  fi  placuiffe  erint  mihi  praemia 
Mart.  I  Licenfed  according  to  Order.  | 
London,  Printed  for  Jo.  Hindmarfh  at  the 
Golden-Ball  |  over  againft  the  Royal- Ex- 
change.     1 69 1. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

Four  leaves  without  signature ;  B  — L,  in  fours. 

Harris  was  the  ostensible  author  of  this  dull  piece,  to 
which  Dryden  contributed  a  Prologue. 

95.  The  I  Satires  |  Of  |  Decimus  Junius  Ju- 
venalis.  |  Tranflated  into  |  EngHsh  Verse. 
I  By  I  Mr.  Dryden,  |  And  |  Several 
other  Eminent  Hands.  |  Together  with 
the  I  Satires  |  Of  |  Aulus  Perfius  Flac- 
cus.  I  Made  EngHfh  by  Mr.  Dryden.  | 
With  which  is  Prefixed  a  Difcourse  con- 
cerning the  Original  and  Progrefs  |  of 
Satire.  Dedicated  to  the  Right  Honour- 
able Charles  Earl  of  |  Dorfet,  &c.  By 
Mr.  Dryden.  |  Quicquid  agunt  homines, 
votum,  timor,  Ira,  voluptas,  |  Gaudia, 
difcurfus,  noftri  eft  farrago  libelli.  |  Lon- 
don, I  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon  at  the 
Judge's-Head  in  Chancery- Lane,  near  | 
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Fleetftreet  MDCXCIII.  |  Where  you 
may  have  Compleat  Sets  of  Mr.  Dryden's 
Works,  in  Four  Volumes  |  in  Quarto,  the 
Plays  being  put  in  the  order  they  were 
Written. 

Folio.     First  edition. 

Two  leaves  without  signature;    (a)  —  (o),  in 

twos ;  B  —  LIU  and  A  —  Z,  in  twos. 

Each  of  the  satires,  twenty-two  in  all,  is  preceded  by 
a  half-title  and  argument,  following  which  are  ex- 
planatory notes,  by  Dryden.  From  the  half-titles  to 
Juvenal  we  learn  that  five  of  the  satires  were  translated 
by  Dryden,  one  each  by  Charles  Dryden  and  John 
Dryden,  Jr.,  two  by  Tate,  one  each  by  Bowles,  Stepney, 
Harris,  Congreve,  Power,  and  Creech,  and  one  by  an 
anonymous  translator.  All  the  satires  of  Persius  were 
translated  by  Dryden. 

96.  Another  copy  of  "Juvenal,''  on  Large 
Paper. 

97.  Henry  the  Second,  |  King  of  England  ;  | 
With  The  |  Death  of  Rofamond.  |  A 
Tragedy.  |  Acted  at  the  Theatre- Royal,  | 
By  I  Their  Majefties  Servants.  |  Lon- 
don :  I  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon,  at  the 
Judges  Head  in  |  Chancery-lane  near 
Fleet-ftreet.     MDCXCHI. 

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Quarto.     First  edition. 
A —  H2,  in  fours. 

This  tragedy  was  written  by  John  Bancroft,  the  sur- 
geon, for  Mountfort,  the  comedian,  and  it  was  pub- 
lished as  Mountfort's.     The  Epilogue  is  by  Dryden. 

98.  The  I  Double-Dealer,  |  A  |  Comedy.  | 
Acted  at  the  |  Theatre  Royal,  |  By  Their 
Majefties  Servants.  |  Written  by  Mr. 
Congreve.  |  Interdum  tamen,  &  vocem 
Comoedia  tollit.  |  Hor.  Ar.  Po.  |  Lon- 
don, I  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonson,  at  the 
Judges- Head  near  |  the  Inner-Temple- 
Gate  in  Fleet- ftreet.      1694. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
Aa,  and  B  —  L,  in  fours. 

Congreve's  first  play, "  The  Old  Bachelor,"  was  very 
successful ;  this,  his  second  comedy,  was  first  acted  in 
November,  1693,  and  was  received  with  indifference. 
The  following  year  "The  Double  Dealer''  was  pub- 
lished, and  Dryden  contributed  a  complimentary  ad- 
dress, "  To  my  Dear  Friend,  Mr.  Congreve,"  in  which 
he  consoled  and  encouraged  him.  In  conclusion  he 
charged  Congreve  with  the  defence  of  his  fame  when 
he  was  dead. 

.    .    .    "You,  whom  ev'ry  Muse  and  Grace  adorn, 
Whom  I  forfee  to  better  Fortune  born. 
Be  kind  to  my  Remains ;  and  oh  defend, 
Againft  Your  Judgment  Your  departed  Friend! 
Let  not  the  Insulting  Foe  my  Fame  purfue ; 

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But  Ihade  thofe  Laurels  which  defcend  to  you  : 
And  take  for  Tribute  what  thefe  Lines  exprefs 
You  merit  more ;  nor  cou'd  my  Love  do  lefs." 

In  1 71 7  Congreve  fulfilled  Dryden's  charge  by  an 
edition  of  his  plays  (see  No.  65). 

^9.  The  I  Husband  |  His  Own  |  Cuckold.  | 
A  I  Tragedy.  |  As  it  is  Acted  at  the 
Theater  in  Little  |  Lin  coins- Inn-Fields,  | 
Written  by  Mr.  John  Dryden,  Jun.  |  Et 
Pater  ^neas,  &  Avanculas  excitet  Hec- 
tor. I  Virg.  I  London,  |  Printed  for  J. 
Tonfon,  at  the  Judge's  Head  in  Fleet- 
ftreet,  |  near  the  Inner  Temple  -  Gate, 
1696. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  four  leaves ;  *  two  leaves ;  B  —  H,  in  fours. 

"  The  Husband  his  Own  Cuckold  "  was  written  by 
Dryden's  second  son,  John.  It  was  produced  in  1696, 
with  a  Prologue  by  Congreve  and  an  Epilogue  by  Dry- 
den. It  was  published  soon  after,  with  a  Preface  by 
Dryden  and  a  Dedication  to  Sir  Robert  Howard,  the 
author's  maternal  uncle,  who  had  revised  and  re- 
written the  play. 

100.  The  Works  |  Of  |  Virgil :  |  Containing 
His  Pastorals,  |  Georgics,  |  And  | 
^neis.  I  Tranflated  into  Englifh  Verfe ; 
By    I    Mr.    Dryden.    |    Adorned  v^ith  a 

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WORKS   OF  JOHN  DRYDEN. 

Hundred  Sculptures.  |  Sequiturque 
Patrem  non  paffibus  ^quis.  Virg. 
JEn.2.  I  London,  |  Printed  for  Jacob 
Tonson,  at  the  Judges  -  Head  in 
Fleetftreet,  |  near  the  Inner-Temple- 
Gate,  MDCXCVn. 

Quarto. 

A,  two  leaves ;  ^  and  ^^,  four  leaves  each ; 
opopop  —  ^^^^^,  in  twos,  t,  two  leaves; 
tt ,  three  leaves ;  B  —  G,  in  fours ;  fl  ,  four 
leaves ;  ^|f ,  two  leaves ;  H  —  T,  in  fours, 
U,  two  leaves;  (a)  —  (f),  in  fours  Aa  —  Zz, 
Aaa  —  Zzz,  and  Aaaa  —  Ffff,  in  fours ;  Gggg, 
two  leaves ;  Hhhh  and  liii,  four  leaves  each ; 
Kkkk,  two  leaves. 

Dryden's  translationof  Virgil  was  commenced  near 
the  end  of  1693,  and  was  finished  about  the  end  of 
1697.  It  was  published  in  July,  1697,  and  sold  so 
rapidly  that  the  first  edition  was  all  disposed  of  in  a 
few  months,  and  a  second,  revised  by  Dryden,  ap- 
peared in  the  following  year.  In  November,  1697, 
he  wrote  to  his  sons  Charles  and  John,  who  were  at 
Rome,  in  the  Pope's  service :  "  My  Virgil  succeeds 
in  the  world  beyond  its  desert  or  my  reputation." 

loi.   Heroick  Love:   |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As  it 

is    Acted    at  |  the    Theatre    in  |  Little 

Lincolns- Inn- Fields.  |  Written  by  the 

Honourable  |  George    Granville,    Efq;  | 

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WORKS   OF  JOHN   DRYDEN. 

Rectius    Iliacum    Carmen    deducis     in 

Actus, I  Hor.    de  Arte   Poetica.  | 

Quam  fi  proferres  ignota  indictaque 
primus.  |  London :  |  Printed  for  F. 
Saunders,  in  the  New- Exchange  in  the 
Strand;  |  H.  Playford  in  the  Temple- 
Change,  and  B.  Tooke  at  the  Middle-  | 
Temple-Gate,  Fleetftreet,  1698. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  four  leaves  ;    A,  two  leaves ;    B  —  K,  in 

fours ;  two  leaves  without  signature. 

Contains  complimentary  poem  by  Dryden. 

Beauty  in  Diftrefs.  |  A  |  Tragedy.  |  As 
it  is  Acted  at  the  Theatre  |  in  Little 
Lincolns-Inn-Fields.  |  By  His  Majefty's 
Servants.  |  Written  by  Mr.  Motteaux.  | 
With  a  Difcourfe  of  the  |  Lawfulnefs 
and  Unlawfulnefs  of  Plays,  |  Lately 
Written  in  French  by  the  Learned  Father 
Calf  -  I  faro.  Divinity  -  Profeffsor  at 
Paris.  I  Sent  in  a  Letter  to  the  Author  | 
By  a  Divine  of  the  Church  of  England.  | 
London,  |  Printed  for  Daniel  Brown,  at 
the  Black  Swan  and  Bible  without 
Temple  -  |  bar ;  and  Rich.  Parker  at 
the    Unicorn   under  the  Piazza  of    the 

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DRYDENIANA. 

Royal  I  Exchange.  1698.  |  There  is 
newly  publifhed,  The  Ufefulnefs  of  the 
Stage,  to  the  Happinefs  of  Mankind,  | 
To  Government,  and  to  Religion.  Oc- 
cafioned  by  a  late  Book,  Written  by 
Jeremy  |  Collier,  M.  A.  By  Mr.  Dennis. 
Printed  for  Rich.  Parker. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A  —  M2,  in  fours. 

"  Motteaux's  tragedy,  *  Beauty  in  Distress  *,  was 
published  in  June,  1698,  with  a  complimentary  poem 
by  Dryden  prefixed.  Jeremy  Collier's  attack  on  the 
immorality  and  profaneness  of  the  English  stage,  in 
which  Dryden  was  severely  handled,  had  appeared 
in  the  preceding  March.  Dryden  retaliates  in  the 
poem  he  wrote  for  Motteaux's  comedy,  and  ex- 
cuses himself  for  his  attacks  on  the  clergy.  In  his 
Epilogue  to  *The  Pilgrim,'  written  very  shortly 
before  his  death,  Dryden  defended  himself  against 
Collier ;  but  it  must  be  admitted  that  his  self-defence 
is  not  complete  or  satisfactory." — Christie, 


IV.  ©rttieniana* 


103.  Epigrams  |  Of  All  Sorts,  |  Made  at  | 
Divers  Times  |  On  |  Several  Occasions. 
I  By  Richard  Flecknoe.  |  A  noftris  pro- 

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DRYDENIANA. 

culeft  omnis  vefica  Hbellis.  Mart.  |  Lon- 
don: I  Printed  for  the  Author,  and  Will.  | 
Crook,  at  the  Green-dragon  with-  |  out 
Temple-bar,   1670. 

Octavo. 

A,  four  leaves ;  B  —  H,  in  eights. 

In  one  of  his  epigrams  Flecknoe  praises  Dryden, 
*'  the  Muses'  darHng  and  delight, 
Than  whom  none  ever  flew  so  high  a  height." 
Dryden, however,  regarded  Flecknoe  as  an  exceedingly 
dull  poet,  and  made  use  of  his  name  in  the  title  of 
"  Mac  Flecknoe,*'  1682,  his  satire  on  Shadwell  (see 
No.   14).      In  "Mac   Flecknoe"   Dryden  says  that 
Flecknoe 
"  In  prose  and  verse  was  owned,  beyond  dispute, 
Through  all  the  realms  of  nonsense,  absolute." 
Flecknoe,  who  was  an  Irishman  and  a  Roman  Catholic 
priest,  is  supposed  to  have  died  about  1678.    Little  is 
known  about  him;  his  verses,  which  are  rather  unin- 
teresting, were  happily  chiefly  printed  for  private  cir- 
culation. 

The  I  Rehearsal,  |  As  it  was  Acted  at 
the  I  Theatre- Royal.  |  [device]  London, 
Printed  for  Thomas  Dring,  at  the  White- 
Lyon,  I  next  Chancery-Lane  end  in 
Fleet-  I  ftreet,  1672. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

Two  leaves  without   signature;   B  —  H,  in 

fours. 

IS 


DRYDENIANA. 

In  "  The  Rehearsal  "  Buckingham  caricatured  Dry- 
den  and  ridiculed  his  rhymed  plays.  The  witty  Duke 
had  the  assistance  in  this  famous  production  of  Butler, 
Sprat,  Clifford,  and  others.  The  poet  Bayes  of  the 
farce  was  Dryden ;  his  dress  and  manners  were  imi- 
tated, his  favorite  phrases  freely  used,  and  a  number 
of  passages  of  his  plays  parodied.  Dryden  was  re- 
venged in  "  Absalom  and  Achitophel,"  where  he 
sketched  Buckingham  as  Zimri.  Buckingham  replied 
in  a  little  known  and  rather  dull  work  entitled  "  Poet- 
ical Reflections  on  a  late  Poem,  entitled  Absalom  and 
Achitophel,  by  a  Person  of  Honour."  Eighteen  plays 
were  burlesqued  in  "  The  Rehearsal,"  of  which  the 
following  were  Dryden's  :  "  Conquest  of  Granada," 
"The  Indian  Emperor,"  "  Marriage-d-la-Mode," 
"  Secret  Love,"  "  Tyrannic  Love,"  and  "  The  Wild 
Gallant." 


105.  The  I  Wits  I  Paraphrased:  |  Or,  |  Para- 
phrase upon  Paraphrase.  |  In  a  Burlesque 
I  On  The  |  Several  late  Tranflations  | 
Of  I  Ovid's  Epiftles.  |  Juven.  Sat.  10.  | 
Et  facilis  cuivis  rigidi  cenfura  cachinni.  | 
London,  |  Printed  for  Will  Cademan,  at 
the  Popes- Head  in  |  the  New  Exchange 
in  the  Strand.      1680. 

Octavo.     First  edition.     Anonymous. 
A  —  K,  in  eights. 

Burlesque  rhyme  was  in  fashion  at  this  period,  fol- 
lowing the  example  set  by  Butler  in  his"  Hudibras," 
and  a  poet  could  hardly  publish  a  serious  work  but 

76 


DRYDENIANA. 

that  it  was  immediately  parodied.  The  present  col- 
lection of  fifteen  burlesque  epistles  was  especially 
aimed  at  Dryden's  translation  of  Ovid  (see  No.  77). 
It  was  followed  by  a  burlesque  upon  itself,  by  Alex- 
ander Radcliffe,  which,  in  a  second  edition,  was 
enlarged. 

!io6.  Ovid  Traveftie,  |  A  |  Burlesque  |  Upon 
feveralof  |  Ovid's  Epiftles:  |  By  |  Alex- 
ander Radcliffe,  |  Of  Gray's-Inn,  Gent.  | 
London,  |  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon,  at 
the  Judge's- Head  in  Chan-  |  eery-lane, 
near  Fleet-Street.     MDCLXXX. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

*,  three  leaves;  A  —  F  i,  in  fours. 

This  volume  pretends  to  be  an  answer  to  "  The 
Wits  Paraphrased,"  but  also  burlesques  Dryden's 
translation. 

>7.  Ovid  Travesflie,  |  A  |  Burlesque  | 
Upon  Ovid's  Episftles.  |  The  Second 
Edition,  Enlarged  with  |  Ten  Epiftles 
never  before  printed.  |  By  |  Alexander 
Radcliffe,  |  of  Gray's- Inn,  Gent.  |  Lon- 
don, I  Printed  for  Jacob  Tonfon,  at  the 
Judge's-  I  Head  in  Chancery-Lane,  near 
Fleet-ftreet.  |  MDCLXXXL 
Octavo.  Second  edition. 
A,  five  leaves ;  B  —  I,  in  eights. 

Contains  ten  additional  epistles,  making  fifteen  in  all. 

77 


DRYDENIANA. 

1 08.  Azaria  |  And  |  Hushai,  |  A  |  Poem.  | 
Quod  cuique  vifum  eft  fentiant.  |  Lon- 
don, I  Printed  for  Charles  Lee,  |  An. 
Dom.  1682. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  two  leaves ;  B  —  F3,  in  fours. 

A  counter  allegory  by  Samuel  Pordage  to  "Ab- 
solom  and  Achitophel,"  and  one  of  its  several  answers. 

109.  The  I  Medal  |  Of  |  John  Bayes :  |  A  | 
Satyr  |  Against  |  Folly  and  Knavery.  | 

Facit  indignatio  verfus.  |  [device] 

London :  |  Printed  for  Richard  Janeway, 
1682. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

One  leaf  without  signature;  A  —  D,  in  fours. 

A  virulently  personal  answer  by  Thomas  Shadwell 
to  "  The  Medal."  It  so  angered  Dryden  that  he  de- 
voted a  new  satire  to  Shadwell,  who  had  once  been 
his  friend  — "Mac  Flecknoe,  or  a  Satire  on  the  True 
Blew  Protestant  Poet,  T.  S."  (see  No.  14). 

1 10.  Satyr  |  To  His  |  Muse.  |  By  the  Author 
of  I  Absalom  &  Achitophel.  |  Quo  liceat 
libris  non  licet  ire  mihi  |  Turpiter  hue 
illuc  Ingeniosus  eat.  |  London,  |  Printed 
for  T.  W.     1682. 

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DRYDENIANA. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
B  —  Di,  in  fours. 

One  of  the  most  noted  of  the  numerous  contribu- 
tions to  the  controversy  between  Dryden  and  Shad- 
well.  As  it  principally  consists  of  abuse  of  Dryden, 
it  could  not,  of  course,  have  been  written  by  him.  It 
has  been  generally  ascribed  to  John  Somers,  later  the 
celebrated  Lord  Chancellor,  then  a  young  man  begin- 
ning his  profession ;  but  Christie  says  there  is  neither 
internal  probability  nor  evidence  to  support  the  story. 
Pope  has  said  that  Somers  told  him  he  had  nothing  to 
do  with  the  poem. 


Another  copy  of  the  same  edition,  with 
pagination  somewhat  irregular  and  with 
a  different  imprint,  but  agreeing  in  other 
respects.  The  imprint :  **  London,  | 
Printed  for  D.  Green,  1682.'* 

The  I  Laurel,  |  A  |  Poem  |  On  The  | 
Poet-Laureat,  |  Nos  fequimur  Lauros 
Te  Lauri  fponte  feqnuntur.  |  London, 
Printed  for  Benj.  Tooke  at  the  Ship  in 
St.  Paul's  I  Church-Yard,  1685. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 
A — F I,  in  fours. 

An  attack  on  Dryden  by  Robert  Gould,  who  pub- 
tished  a  volume  of  poems  in  1689. 

79 


DRYDENIANA. 

113.  The  I  Hind  |  and  The  |  Panther  |  Trans- 
versed  |  To  the  Story  of  |  The  Country  | 
Moufe  and  the  City-  |  Moufe  |  Much 
Malice  Mingled  with  a  little  Wit  Hind 
Pan.  I  Nee  vult  Panthera  domari.  Quae 
Genus  |  London:  |  Printed  for  W.  Davis, 
MDCLXXXVII. 

Quarto.     First  edition. 

A,  three  leaves ;  B  —  E2,  in  fours. 

The  best  of  the  many  replies  to  Dryden's  brilliant 
poem, — Bayes,  Smith's  and  Johnson's — of  Bucking- 
ham's "  Rehearsal/'  reappeared  in  this  truly  witty 
performance,  by  Matthew  Prior  and  Charles  Mon- 
tague, the  future  Earl  of  Halifax,  two  young  men 
destined  to  become  distinguished  in  literature  and 
politics.  Montague  was  Prior's  ostensible  coUabator 
in  this  satire,  but  Prior  was  probably  the  more  active 
partner.     It  was  his  first  literary  essay. 

114.  A  I  Description   |   of  |  Mr.  D n's  | 

Funeral  |  A  |  Poem.  |  London ;  |  Printed 
for  A.  Baldwin  in  Warwick-lane,  | 
MDCC.     Price  3d. 

Folio.     First  edition.     By  Tom  Brown. 
A  —  B,  in  twos. 

115.  LuctusBritannici:  |  or  the  |  Tears  of  the 
I  British  Mufes;  |  for  the  |  Death  of  | 
John  Dryden,  Efq :  |  late  |  Poet  Laureat 

80 


PORTRAITS    OF   DRYDEN. 

to  Their  Majesties,  K.  Charles  |  and  K. 
James  the  Second,  |  Written  By  the 
most  Eminent  Hands  in  the  two  Famous 
Univer-  |  fities,  and  by  Several  Others.  | 
[quotation]  London  |  Printed  for  Henry 
Playford,  in  the  Temple- Change,  and 
Abel  Roper,  at  |  the  Black  Bay  in  Fleet- 
ftreet ;  |  and  sold  by  John  Nutt  near 
Stationer's  Hall.      1700. 

Folio.     First  edition.     Portrait. 

A  —  P  and  Aa —  F,  in  twos. 

This  is  one  of  the  several  volumes  of  poems  on 
Dryden  that  appeared  shortly  after  his  death.  As  a 
tribute  of  poetry  to  his  memory  it  is  not  remarkable 
but  serves  to  show  the  strong  and  general  sensation 
excited  by  the  passing  away  of  "Glorious  John.'* 

The  portrait  that  appears  with  this  volume,  though 
without  name  of  painter  or  engraver,  is  undoubtedly 
after  Kneller,  and  is  from  the  same  original  as  the  one 
by  Vander  Gucht.  It  is  quite  possible  that  the  pres- 
ent is  the  earliest  engraved  portrait  of  Dryden. 


V.  3^ortraitj5» 


6.   Portrait  of  John  Dryden  in  oil,  attributed 

to  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller.     The  following 

note  from  Leon  Richeton  accompanies 

the  painting : 

II  81 


PORTRAITS   OF   DRYDEN. 

"  I  have  carefully  examined  the  life-sized 
painting  of  the  portrait  of  John  Dryden  and 
have  afterwards  compared  it  with  the  well- 
known  examples  of  Sir  Godfrey  Kneller*s 
portraits  in  the  National  Portrait  Gallery  and 
I  am  convinced  that  your  portrait  is  an  orig- 
inal work  of  this  master. 

"  The  manner  of  the  painting,  the  texture 
of  the  canvas  and  the  fact  that  the  picture  is 
not  signed,  all  lead  me  to  this  conclusion." 

117.  Another  portrait  of  Dryden,  also  as- 
cribed to  Kneller  and,  as  far  as  is  known 
never  engraved. 

118.  Full  bust,  in  oval,  face  to  left.  Mezzo- 
tint. G.  Kneller  Baron*  pinx.  G.  White 
fecit. 

Inscription,  below:  Mf  John  Dryden. 
Sold  by  Thomas  Bowles  Printseller  in 
St.  Paul's  Church  Yard,  London. 

119.  Bust,  in  oval,  with  border,  in  a  rectangle. 
Line.  Peint  par  le  Chevalier  Kneller. 
Graue  le  Chevalier  Edelinck  C.  P.  R. 

Inscription,  below.     M^John  Dryden. 

This  print,  which  appeared  in  the  folio  edition  of 
Dryden's  "Plays,"  1701,  was  probably  also  issued 
separately. 

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PORTRAITS   OF   DRYDEN. 

Full  bust,  in  a  rectangle,  face  to  right. 
Line.  G.  Kneller  eques  pinxit.  Geo : 
Vertue  Londini  Sculpsit  1730. 

Inscription,  below  :  Nat.  1632.  denat. 
iEtat.  6S.  I  John  Dryden,  |  whose  tune- 
ful Muse  affords,  |  The  Sweeteft  Num- 
bers,  and  the  fitteft  Words  |  Addison. 

Praenobili  D^^P  Edoardo  Comiti  Oxo- 
niae  &c.  ad  Archetypa  Museo  Harley- 
ano  afservatum.  Qua  par  est  Observan- 
tia  D.  D.     G.  Vertue  Sculpts 

Bust,  in  oval,  with  border,  in  a  rectangle. 
Line.  G.  Kneller  pinxit.  J.  Hou- 
braken,  sculps.  Amst.  1743. 

Inscription,  in  border:  John  Dryden. 

From  the  collection  of  the  late  Earl 
of  Oxford.  Impensis  J.  P.  Knapton  Lon- 
dini, 1743. 

Bust,  in  oval,  with  border,  in  a  rectangle, 
face  to  right.  Stipple  and  line.  Vertue. 
Sc. 

Inscription,  below :  M^  John  Dryden. 

This  portrait  first  appeared  in  Dryden's  "  Dramatic 
Works,"  edited  by  Congreve,  London,  171 7. 

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PORTRAITS    OF   DRYDEN. 

123.  The  same  plate,  retouched  by  Vertue  at 
a  later  date. 

124.  Bust,  in  oval,  with  border,  in  a  rectangle, 
face  to  left.  Line.  lohn :  Ryly  Pinxit. 
P.  A.  Gunst  Sculp : 

Inscription,  below:  M^  lohn  Dryden. 
I  Anno,  1683.     -^tat:    52. 

Engraved  by  Van  Gunst  after  Riley's  painting,  and 
published  with  the  two  portraits  that  follow  in  the 
edition  of  Dryden's  version  of  Virgil  that  appeared  in 
three  volumes  in  1709. 

125.  Bust,  in  oval,  with  border,  in  a  rectangle, 
face   to    right.       Line. 

S^  G:  Kneller  Pinxit.  M.  V^^  Gucht 
Sculp. 

Inscription,  below:  M^  lohn  Dryden.  | 
Anno,  1693.     iEtat:  62. 

126.  Bust,  in  oval,  with  border,  in  a  rectangle, 
face  to  right.     Line. 

Inscription,  below:  lohn  Dryden  | 
Anno,  1698.    iEtat:  6t, 

Sy  G.  Kneller  Pinxit.  I.  de  Lecuw, 
Sculp. 

127.  Bust,  in  a  rectangle,  face  to  left.     Line. 

Inscription :  John  Dryden. 
Engraved  for  the  Univerfal  Magazine 

84 


PORTRAITS   OF   DRYDEN. 

For  J.  Hinton  at  the   King^s  Arms   in 
Newgate  Street. 

128.  Bust,  in  oval,  with  border,  in  a  rectangle, 
face  to  left.     Line. 

Inscription  in  border:  John  Dryden, 
Efq. 

For  the  London  Mag.  Published  by 
R.  Baldwin  JunF  at  the  Rose  in  Pater 
Noster  Row,  1752. 

129.  Bust,  in  oval,  with  border,  in  a  rectangle, 
face  to  left.  G.  Kneller,  P.  J.  B.  Grate- 
loup  Sc. 

Inscription,  below :  J°  Dryden. 

This  is  the  second  portrait  engraved  by  Jean-Baptiste 
de  Grateloup  (i 735-1 784),  the  French  savant  "who 
practised  engraving  simply  for  amusement."  His  pro- 
cess of  engraving  seems  to  have  involved  the  use  ot 
aquatint,  mezzotint,  line,  and  dry  point,  and  some  parts 
of  the  plate,  it  is  said,  were  hammered.  The  secret 
was  confided  to  his  nephew,  Dr.  J.  P.  S.  de  Grateloup 
under  a  promise  that  it  should  never  be  divulged,  and 
it  died  and  was  buried  with  him. 

130.  Bust,  in  oval,  with  border,  in  a  rectangle, 
face  to  left.     Line.     Sharp  fc. 

Inscripton,  below :  John  Dryden. 
Printed   for   John    Bell    near   Exeter 
Exchange  Strand  London  Jan^  12*?  1778. 

»5 


PORTRAITS   OF   DRYDEN. 

131.  Bust,  in  oval,  with  border,  in  a  rectangle, 
face  to  left.     Line.     Cook  fc. 

Inscription,  below :  John  Dryden. 

Printed  for  John  Bell,  at  the  Britifh 
Library  in  the  Strand,  London,  Aug. 
16.  1780. 

132.  Bust,  in  circle,  with  border,  in  a  rec- 
tangle, face  to  right.  Line.  G.  Zocchi 
Invent     D.  B.  Pyetti  Sculp* 

Inscription,  below:  John  Dryden. 
Morifon's  Edition  of  Dryden's  Virgil. 

133.  Bust,  in  oval,  with  border,  in  a  rectangle. 
Line.    G.  Kneller  pinx.    W.  Sharp  Sculp. 

Inscription,  below :  Dryden. 
Published  by  G.  Kearsly,  N?  46  Fleet 
Street. 

134.  Bust,  in  oval,  face  to  right.  Line.  From 
Houbraken.     Birrell  sculp. 

PubHsh'd  by  Harrison  &  C?  Aug.  i. 
1794. 

135.  Bust,  in  circle,  with  border,  in  a  rec- 
tangle, face  to  right.  Line.  I.  Sherwin 
sculp. 

Inscription,  below :  Dryden. 
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PORTRAITS    OF   DRYDEN. 

136.   Bust,   in  oval,   face   to   right.     Stipple. 
HoU,  sculp. 

.  Bust,  in  a  rectangle,  face  to  right. 
Stipple.  Engraved  by  R.  H.  Cook,  from 
the  Print  by  Houbraker. 

Inscription,  below :  Dryden. 

Published  by  Mathews  &  Leigh, 
Aug'*  I.  1808. 

38.  Bust,  in  a  rectangle,  face  to  right.    Line. 
i        Drawn  by  T.  Uwins.     Engraved  by  E. 

Smith. 

t  Inscription,    below:    John    Dryden.  | 

From  an  original  Picture  in  the  Collec- 
tion I  of  Sir  Walter  Scott,  Bart. 

\  London,  July  i,  1822.     Published  by 

W.  Walker,  5  Grays  Inn  Square. 

39.  Bust,  in  a  rectangle,  face  to  right.  En- 
graved by  I.  Jenkins,  from  a  Painting  by 
Godfrey  Kneller. 

Inscription,  below :  John  Dryden. 
London  :  PubHshed  by  Thomas  Kelly, 
17,  Paternoster  Row,  1830. 

40.  Bust,  in  a  rectangle,  face  to  left. 
Stipple.     Engraved  by  C.  E.  Wagstaff. 

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PORTRAITS   OF   DRYDEN. 

141.  Bust,  in  a  rectangle,  face  to  right. 
Stipple.     H.  Robinson  sc. 

Inscription,  below:  Jon:  Dryden. 
London,  William  Pickering,  1833. 

142.  Bust,  in  rectangle,  face  to  left.     Stipple. 

Inscription,  below :  J.  Dryden. 

143.  Bust,  in  a  rectangle,  face  to  right.  Line. 
Sir  G.  Kneller.     J.  Horsburgh. 

Inscription,  below :  John  Dryden. 

144.  Bust,  face  to  left.    Stipple.    Bollinger  sc. 

Inscription,  below :  Dryden. 
Zwickau,  b.  d.  Gebr.  Schumann. 

145.  Heads  of  Dryden,  Aetat  33,  59,  and  6t ^ 
in  circles,  in  a  rectangle.  Stipple. 
Hinchliff,  sc. 

Inscription,  below :  John  Dryden. 

146.  Bust,  in  a  rectangle,  face  to  right. 
Stipple.     Sir  G.  Kneller.     H.  Robinson. 

Inscription,  below :  John  Dryden. 
London,  Edward  Moxon,  Dover  Street, 
1851. 

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